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As
much as I love black metal, I know that if I had been pivotal
part of one of the most important Satanic Norwegian bands in
history sooner or later I would have seen no other way to expand
my horizons than trying my hand at other genres. They say that
‘the devil sets you free’, well sure man, but
‘trooness’ to the loyalists and adherence to the horned one
(musically speaking) also confines you to certain parameters
that in the end shorten your vision, ambition and limits. And
the same could be said about many of the other sub genres of
metal. In this case, the trio known
as Sahg knows all these too well, as it features members of no
other than Gorgoroth (bassist King Ov Hell goes by the shortened
King), Manngard and Audrey Horne; all of which play metal but
not of the doom-laden kind. What all that guarantees us is
that Sahg as a band should not disappoint based on the member’s
past merits. But it also raises expectations.
Musically
speaking Sahg never lets up or misses an opportunity to show us
that heavy rock, of the classic and quasi-doom kind, may just be
the best way to gel up all our emotions. And what does that
mean? Not even I know, but that sounds kinda cool. In a nutshell
though, Sahg is apparently about going back to the 70’s, when
there was only one true kind of heavy rock, and it was purely
based around the blues. Think classic like Led Zeppelin (though
Sahg doesn’t sound half as ambitious), Deep Purple (of whom Sahg
totally ignores the prominence of keywords) and dozens of others
now considered stoner rock obscure acts. So this now trio goes
thru stoney mid tempo bluesers like “Star-Crossed”, an almost
epic cut that midway through packs a gallop worthy of Captain
Beyond and Sir Lord Baltimore, the watery chords and psychedelic
smear of “Escape the Crimson Sun” and the NWOBHM of “Pyromancer”.
II is good and is definitely a not so strangely confident
release.
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