Pure As The Blood Covered Snow

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 673885029826
EAN: 0673885029826
ASIN: B00008MNDA

Release Date: 2003-01-10

Pure As The Blood Covered Snow

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Tracks:

Notions of Insanity
A Cruel Verse
Adorers of Blood
After Forever
Immortals (Bonus Demo Track)

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Album Description

Pure As The Blood Covered Snow is the name of the CD EP by Frost Like Ashes and if you heard their song off of A Brutal Christmas you know you need more of this band. The 5 song, 25 minute CD EP contains 4 new original songs and their own take on Black Sabbaths classic After Forever.

Customer Reviews:

Watch for this band in the future.......2006-06-30

FLA is one of the most talented bands out there. I love the way they combine elements of Black metal (their primary focus) and Death metal. Sebat is an excellent guitarist and Azahel can belt out the most beautiful yet disturbing vocals at whim. The best track on here is Adorers of Blood, although A Cruel Verse comes pretty close. Adonijah is also one of the best drummers out there as well. Hopefully, the upcoming release (Tophet) will live up to this excellent debut. As far as the band goes, I give them 5 stars. I gave the album 4 stars because the production wasn't great. The drums were loud in some songs and soft in some songs providing the inconsistent production. But the band is definitely a 5-star band. Pick this album up.

An unbiased review.......2005-05-01

Christian Metal is an often over looked musical genre. Many talented bands are ignored for the simple fact they don't uphold the status quo Satanic stance that is all too prevalent in Metal today. This leaves only Christians to review these releases which, unfortunatly, is an obvious conflict of interest. So, for the intents and purposes of this review I will attempt to put aside all convictions, ill or otherwise, and judge solely on the musical talent displayed by the band.

Frost Like Ashes is a band that excels at the fusion of death and black metal combined with the testosterone driven riffs that characterize the early American thrash movement. The vocals range from a deeper kvlt black metal roar to a sort of Dani Filth-esque screech. The riffs encompass influences from Testament and Metallica to Darkthrone and Bathory to Death and Entombed. Rythm section is precise and hard hitting. Lyrically, it shows that they are christian though its nothing too prominent. The lyrics are fairly unintelligle and you definetely don't have to pay attention if you don't want.

Overall, this isn't one of the best albums I've ever heard but it's far from the worst. If you're inclined toward black metal, or unblack metal, whatever you choose to call it, you'll probably enjoy this release.

Refreshing heavy metal.......2005-04-02

The entire band is amazing. The icy guitar melodies are blistering and beautiful. The usage of double bass druming is incredible. The one that stands out most, however, is the vocalist. The vocals are brutal. He was known as Nyk with Possession but changed his name to Azahel for the new band. There is a reason for this. He sounds like a completly different vocalist. He does not do the same voices he did with Possession. The screaming falsettos are not there anymore. This was perhaps the biggest dissapointment for me, having been a long time fan of Possession prior to hearing this album. Nevertheless, on this album he does some amazing things with his voice that I have never heard anyone come close to doing. The black metal vocals he does are unmatched. Carcass influences can be heard at times, but for the most part, Azahel creates his own techniques. Despite the lack of falsettos, he sings two of the highest notes I have ever heard him sing in the song "A Cruel Verse". One of them is similar to a wolf howl, and the other he holds for about 20 seconds and then does this bizzarre cricket sound with it.
This album is a feat of heavy metal. I would highly recommend it.

Un-black.......2004-10-18

Just wow. Definatly a 5 star Christian un-black metal band. Very fast, very talented, awesome vocals. The only problem with this EP is that whoever did the mixing, was a moron. At times the drums are too loud and the guitars are too bassy, but that is because whoever mixed it is a dumbass. Other than that, definatly buy this one. I can't wait until they come out with their first full length cd, maybe they will find a better recording studio by then.

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