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Furia - Płoń

Furia - Płoń MCD - 95%

Phuling, April 16th, 2009

I had never heard of Furia before, but upon receiving this MCD and discovering how great it was I looked them up. And upon doing so I discovered another killer act; Massemord (Pol), whose drummer is involved in Enclave. So suddenly I had found three new acts, all absolutely killer. So for a while all I listened to were these three bands. But, the subject of the matter here should be Furia, and "Płoń" in particular.

Starting off in a raging manner you’re instantly thrown in a whirlwind of icy melodic riffing, blasting drums and a voice evil enough to invoke death in the listener. But while you’re still getting used to the brutality "Zgniję, nie odpowiem!" takes a turn for slow, harsh and agonized black metal reminiscent of Shining and the likes. It’s absolutely mesmerizing and heartfelt, and the vocals sound so torturous. And then the old school Norwegian agenda sets in with some marvelous riffs, overlaid with a melodic guitar solo. Some freakin’ nuanced shit, but still sounding extremely coherent.

All while "Ohydny jestem" has a very pagan feel, topped with the typical Eastern European ferocity in the vocals. You’re never quite sure what to expect, as the music seems to be able to take on any influence and still sound like this is the way it’s meant to be. The title track has some serious doom metal influences going on, dripping with gloom whilst an acoustic guitar takes you on a journey to your own deepest, darkest misanthropic thoughts. While the ending blasting gets my adrenaline pumping so damn much I just wanna smash something and scream along like a maniac, but I can’t since I have no freaking idea what the lyrics is about.

This is without a doubt the most overwhelming first experience I’ve had with a band in a long, long time. I can’t wait for new material to emerge as this is so full of emotions, variations and extremely potent black metal.

Originally written for http://www.mylastchapter.net

A hail to the glory days. - 80%

hells_unicorn, April 15th, 2009

It’s somewhat common for bands to develop side projects utilizing a similar style to what they’ve already established, and 3 out of 5 members of Polish black metal outfit Massemord have done it several times with varying levels of consistency. Furia, which actually contains 4 members of the aforementioned band, is the most successful and prolific of these side projects and has yielded a fair share of classic black metal in the old style pioneered by many bands in the Scandinavian area, as well as their own native Poland. It’s been done before, but it is done very competently, and has yielded 3 solid songs on this nice little EP.

Most of what is heard on here hearkens back to early to mid 90s 2nd wave style of rawness injected goodness. The overall delivery resembles the post “Transylvanian Hunger”, pre-crust punk influenced middle era of Darkthrone in some respects, but falls short of the extremely low fidelity production methods employed on those albums. The melodic structure and mixture of Thrash riffs definitely draws some parallels to Immortal and Gorgoroth, though vocalist Nihil sounds a bit closer to a hybrid of Burzum’s agony steeped wails and Darkthrone’s death barks than the sepulchral ravings of the two former outfits. It’s dimensions are very distinguishable and organized, though the overall atmosphere achieved is definitely dark and foreboding.

It’s pretty common today to see bands using a grab bag approach to emulating the founders of the style, and this holds true to an extent on here. A good example of this is this EP’s title track “Plon”, which emulates just about every major player in the early to mid 90s. There’s a slow section with low monotone chanting that could’ve been heard on Beherit’s “Drawing Down The Moon”, a heavily echo steeped vocal production that’s heavily similar to “Under A Funeral Moon”, and various catchy riff sections that somewhat resemble early Marduk. Skip back to the opening song “Zgnije, Nie Odpowiem” and you’ll be treated to a slow section of fuzzy guitar sounds, unaccompanied by drums no less, and disheveled screams that sound heavily similar to parts of “Filosofem”. “Ohydny Jestem” shares some droning qualities with Varg’s early work as well, although there’s a few acoustic additives (on all three songs actually), that introduce a slight tinge of early Enslaved to the mix.

Anyone who really loved the original character of black metal in the early 1990s, before things broke off into the defined subcategories of melodic, symphonic, drone/ambient, and black/doom respectively, will likely find this a good pickup. It doesn’t quite pack the same punch as the original 2nd wave did, but it gets pretty close at times and definitely keeps things interesting for someone looking for a varied sound.

Originally submitted to (www.metal-observer.com) on April 15, 2009.