Lista de Bandas Black Metal Lucifugum (UKR) Sectane Satani

13th album!!! This band is extremely prolific. Band members seem to me very brave and indifferent to other’s opinion, because don’t afraid of making an album each year (sometimes even two albums a year!!!!). Moreover, besides their band they also own a label (Propaganda), where they edited many fantastic black metal bands, such as Corpus Christii, Grand Belial’s Key, Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult, Blood Stained Dusk, Lutomysl… So they seem to me real fanatics, fully dedicated to black metal spirit. I really wonder, how do they find a time for all this. At-first about the title “Sectane Satani”: those who were attentive could see this title hidden on the pages of previous opus “Involtation”. Perhaps, the band wanted to show the spiritual connection between the albums. I suppose I could be wrong, but anyway I find these albums alike. And it’s a positive fact for those listeners who prefer a certain kind of black metal. I mean true black metal. At once I want to separate myself of crowd of those who are “tired” of “this black metal” and seek the new forms of art. No, I’m not afraid of looking primitive, and those who glorify the early days of black metal will understand my admiration of such orthodox acts as Lucifugum. Design of cd booklet is absolutely religious: desecrated angels, perverted christ, snakes and Devil. Two band members are corpse painted, it seems they do a some ritual with candles, chains and inverted icons. The lyrics of five songs in Russian and I’m not able to estimate them, but sixth song “The Breath of His Will” is in English and Latin. My opinion: it’s a pity that Khlyst doesn’t write all his lyrics in English because the black philosophy of his thoughts is bottomless. There are not many black metal bands today whose lyrics are openly Satanic, because many ones forgot that black metal is about Satan and black wisdom. One more fact has taken my attention: there is no “hails” and “thanks” to anybody in cd booklet . And it’s remarkable because booklets of many “evil” bands are full of hails to girls, friends, dogs and enumeration of guitars/drums models. Also inside the booklet you can find a so-called statement, traditional for the ideological bands. But in this certain case you’ll not see the phrases like “black metal war is eternal!”. The band clearly defines own place in black metal scene. I’m sure, many ones will not accept this statement since find it too categorical. As for me, I don’t agree with some views of the band (for example, personally I don’t see anything bad in gigs, of course, if I’m not too drunk, he-he), but I respect their point of view, if isolation of band will positively influence their art I find it only useful.
Now about music: the sound is raw, cold and harsh, but the quality of record is enough satisfactory. I must note that two guitars play absolutely different melodies during the whole album. But it doesn’t disorient, these two harmonious, magnetic melodies force you to sit and listen, to sit and listen... Definitely, Lucifugum’s music is very far from primitiveness. But don’t wait for experiments, everything’s in the limits of a genre! It seems Khlyst and Stabaath pay many attention to their music in spite of their statement “we don’t play, we attack”. The vocal is really demonic and inhuman. Such vocal doesn’t need any distorted effects to increase its frenzy. By the way, harsh guitar sound and aggressive vocal forced me to forget that all this is performed by woman. Someone thinks that there is no place for woman in black metal, but I’m sure that only spiritual content is important, not male of female body. Black Spirit is out of a gender, it’s above the people’s rules.
I recommend this album to those few who are into black metal in its pure form and content.