artist: Vokodlok
title: Oracle's Fury
year: 2020
genre: Black Metal

type: EP
label: Independent
language: English
rel. date: 2020-05-13

source: WEB/MP3
quality: CBR 320kbps / 44.1 kHz / Full Stereo
runtime: 00:23:58
size: 57.74 MB

rip date: 2025-03-15
source url: https://www.deezer.com/album/139642462

tracklist:

1.  The Myths                                                       4:00
2.  Alive                                                           4:15
3.  In the Mind                                                     3:50
4.  Oracle's Fury                                                   3:27
5.  The Weak                                                        3:44
6.  I Built the Symmetry of Chaos (Dies Irae cover)                 4:42

release notes:

VOKODLOK is a Romanian black metal band, and a raw one at that.  Their
latest release, "Oracle's Fury," is their first EP and first release
since their 2003 full length debut, "Mass Murder Genesis."  They have
also released a demo and one split. The production isn't raw-in fact, I
found the production to be some of the best I've heard this year in
extreme metal.  However, the vocals and the music are both raw as hell,
an intense brand of black metal that is straight up searing.  The album,
consisting of five original songs and one cover, doesn't contain one
dull moment.

The first track, "Myths," opens the album with that classic black metal
guitar tone: evil, powerful, and filled to the brim with rage and fury.
The drums hit all the right notes at the right time and accent the
overall atmosphere well.  This track is a slower dirge in the beginning
but it nails that bleak and cold blackened atmosphere.  The vocals are
violent enough to handle the sudden change in tempo around the halfway
mark for a burst of unbridled energy that leads into a surprisingly
melodic guitar solo.

Speaking of melody, the band certainly isn't afraid to throw some into
their aggressive sound as evident of the bass in the beginning of the
second track, "Alive.  The guitars soon join in with their own melody
but it is subtle enough to not be distracting and doesn't take away from
the despair.  The halfway point is made up of clean guitar and provides
a slick change of pace. The third track, "In The Mind," has deep but
rich clean guitar/bass in the song's beginning seconds.  The distortion
and vocals soon enough and at a cadence that is shockingly catchy but
also the audio equivalent of a some sort of monster stalking you. The
insanely spastic vocals in the last half of the song states how vicious
this EP can be.

The first quarter of "O.F." is a clean guitar that transitions smoothly
into proper black metal destruction but also sets up the melodic tone
for the rest of the song.  I loved that despite how extreme the song's
mid section is, the last minute or so brings it all back full circle to
the song's beginning. "The Weak," is anything but and is one of the
better songs presented.  In particular, it effectively combines the
band's natural, raw sound with melody but without leaning too heavy on
either aspect. I loved the song's mid section with the sorrow filled
melodic leads being ripped to shred by the vocals.

The final track is a cover of DIES IRAE's "I Build The Symmetry of
Chaos."  Although familiar with this band, I haven't heard this
particular song.  With that being said, VOKODLOK does make it their own.
The bass is a highlight in this track. "Oracle's Fury," is a short but
sweet release.  I enjoyed every second of its twenty three minute run
time and there are certainly worse ways a person could spend their time.
I am eagerly looking forward to their next full length album.  If you
like black metal at all, I suggest looking into this album.