
- Band(s): Path ov Amok
- Label(s): Self-Released
- Release Format(s): Digital
- Release Year: 2013
- Review Date: January 31, 2016
Avant-garde Black Metal. Remember this kind of genre, it will be a rare one to be featured in this zine. Path ov Amok is the one-man delusional project of Morbus from Quebec, Canada, who also can be found in the line-up of Morbus Lupinus and Ancient Niggurath. The last one is also an Avant-garde Black Metal project (one demo) and the first one seems to be “normal” Black Metal, released a split and an EP, with a real drummer. But back to Path ov Amok, how Avant-garde is this? Well, if you consider Solefald as your standard or Arcturus or Vulture Industries (3 bands with their own different style, I know ), Path ov Amok isnt that Avant-garde. Morbus uses a drum-computer, some sound-effects, clean vocals, screams, repeative riffs, riffs and melodies that arent common Black Metal and voila, you have Avant-garde Black Metal. During the demo I hear hints of Tiamats John Edlund (clean vocals), some melodies of Christ Agony, some doomy Tristitia, end 1990s Samael only not with the same quality. Not convinced yet. But I would like to hear the new demo if the songs are composed in the vein of “Till Deaths Morbid Satisfaction”. (Ricardo)