Northern Heritage has always been very cautious of signing bands. We do
receive promo mails all the time, but as many times stated, bands have
never been signed based on promo mails they send to label.
Most often bands are merely responded with blunt oneliner in style of
"Northern Heritage is not seeking for new bands to release". This is
truth, but sometimes one finds things one was not looking for.
When I heard the demo tapes of French band NĂ©cropole, it wasn't originally
sent to me as promo to consider to sign on label, it was in distribution
among thousands of other titles. When listening this tape, it gave instant
feeling of something being there. Something which is not very easy to
explain, but what instantly sparked emotion suggesting there is something
more than just one more band in endless stream.
In theory, what NĂ©cropole offers, is *just black metal*. In times when
branding and gimmicks reign, it is refreshing to hear good black metal
which doesn't aim to fit to any subcategory. DSBM, NSBM, Religious BM,
Bestial BM, Post BM, Shoegaze BM, etc. Instead of followers of some
category or aesthetic dogmas, they trust in power of basics.
Power of good songs based on catchy melody and excellent execution. Always
stripped down of any gimmicks. Only offering the melancholic and cold
melodic riffs on top of intense fast forward hammering of drums that are
there only to serve needs of minimalist cold atmosphere. I personally
appreciate very much that songs have strong pace onwards instead of a lot
of metal that goes nowhere or can't decide direction and jump to every
direction. Best of onwards attacking material doesn't indicate quality of
rock'n'roll in traditional sense. Flow of NĂ©cropole is cold and grim,
filled with disgust and hatred, but also yearning for mythical noble
ideals.
Poetic French lyrics may be obscure for most people and it would be
impossible to translate ones native expression to generic English.
However, music itself speaks the language where one could sense beyond
words. Linked song is chosen simply because it is the shortest track of
this 6 song CD (vinyl will be published later). One could easily check any
other song from the two magnificent demo tapes "Atavisme..." and "Ostara".
NĂ©cropole LP includes all songs from the above mentioned two demo tapes.
Sample:
-Northern Heritage
Merker det er veldig lett Ä like. Og det allerde ved fÞrste lytt. Sikkert greit Ä fÄ LP...men kan sikkert bli glemt relativt raskt.. Mine tanker gÄr til feks. Luror..som jeg ikke har luftet omtrent siden jeg handlet platen.
Regner egentlig med at dere distro typer tar det inn?
Andre synspunkter fra sampleÂŽn, eller beskrivelsen som er laget av NH?
