Review of "Unrelenting Fucking Hatred" by Rage Nucléaire

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1. Violence Is Golden

2. Hunt with Murderworms, Sculpt with Flies

3. The Gift of the Furnace

4. Fields of the Crucified

5. Endziel

6. The Sorrow Children at Mourningside

7. 30 Seconds in the Killhouse

8. Unrelenting Fucking Hatred

9. The Gallows and the Black Coffin

10. The Feeding Habits of Homo Horriblis

Subject was never actually born. Instead, Subject’s component parts (please refer to Component Parts listing below) including former CRYPTOPSY figurehead Lord Worm were assembled by Alvater, sometime in AD 2000, for the purpose of directing their aggression outwards, which now becomes imminent with their debut “Unrelenting Fucking Hatred”. Subject claims to be under influences ranging from early EMPEROR and IMMORTAL, to ANAAL NATHRAKH and MYSTICUM. There are most certainly others, but these are not named. Subject’s problems derive from primary preoccupations including firearms and genocide (“30 Seconds in the Killhouse”), universal pornocracy (“The Feeding Habits of Homo Horriblis”) and flies. Secondary obsessions include burning (“The Gift of the Furnace”) and swine. Subject feels an especially virulent loathing for all humanity. A cognitive-behavioral analysis concludes that Subject’s expressional proclivities include bonesaw guitars, punishing rhythms, bombastic keyboards, revoltingly inhuman vocals, and an orgiastic array of ghastly samples. The diagnosis reveals Subject is violently homicidal, suicidal, genocidal and vindictive, and can usually be found in an aggressive state of fury. Warning: RAGE NUCLÉAIRE is extremely dangerous and maybe harmful to others. Approach “Unrelenting Fucking Hatred” only with caution and respect!

Rage Nucléaire greeted me with a very refreshing black metal feel. The riffs and drums are extremely menacing to start off the album with “Violence Is Golden.” The vocals are very intense and somewhat remind me of one of my favourite local black metal bands Pagan Ritual. “Hunt with Murderworms, Sculpt with Flies” is very epic and catchy, the way the bass and guitars flow. The lead guitar makes it more chilling, the blast beats make it more grim, and the ambient keyboard really adds to it. The main riff on “The Gift of the Furnace” is really awesome. The whole layout of the track is really dark and menacing, with split second breaks. When the vocals are split between left and right sound different its eerie because they’re done in different tones.

“Fields of the Crucified” makes me feel like going on an epic journey through cold winter nights on a search for sacrificial virgins. The way the guitars and keyboards flow makes for some fun epic adventurous day dream. The drumming is very impressive and the lead nearer the end of the track is really dark, especially the snare roll accompanying it. Ending the track on a very creepy note is a cry. Opening the next track, “Endziel”, is some nice ambient keyboard. The vocals are extremely dirty on this and sound like he needs his throat checked by a doctor. The guitars are great and the riff and drums about four minute in was groovy. There is a great keyboard and guitar bit after that and a slower bit which was enjoyable followed that.

I got a little bit of a folky vibe from some of the guitar riffs in “The Sorrow Children at Mourningside,” the rest of the song is very chilling though. The vocals are very gruesome, and he sounds like he coughed up some organs. The guitar riffs near the end are very catchy with the way the drums flowed. The sound clip of shooting is only eighteen seconds and the track is 5:31 so this next track, “30 Seconds in the Killhouse” is very misleading. Nonetheless the guitars and keyboard are really epic especially at the beginning. Half way through the fast accompaniment of machine gun riffs and blast beats was amazing. This track may be my favourite track guitar wise as the lead is phenomenal.

“Unrelenting Fucking Hatred” starts off on a more mellow ambient keyboard and guitar, which gains intensity when the drums and vocals come in. The slow drumming and guitar chugs were really badass, especially when the double kicks follow the chugging pattern. This is definitely one of the more brutal tracks on the album, which is always great. The keyboard accompanying the guitar is really awesome on “The Gallows and the Black Coffin.” The vocal mix of screams and demonic growls was very eerie sounding. The mellow bit near the end was very chilling. Ending the album off is “The Feeding Habits of Homo Horriblis.” The chugging at the beginning with the painful whimpers and bell gonging was really creepy. The way the guitar and snare flows in the beginning is really epic. It is a short but very awesome track to finish of this amazing album.

This album is by far the best black metal album I have reviewed this year. The vocals from Lord Worm are really raunchy in the style and sounds like he has some kind of throat disease but that is fine by me! Dark Rage and Alvater are really great and impressive with their skills in guitar and bass as well as keyboard respectively. Fedrik Widigs, the most normal name in the group, takes care of the drums and is really impressive in his talent. Definitely pick this album out.