{"id":72845,"date":"2018-11-19T16:00:13","date_gmt":"2018-11-19T16:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/?p=72845"},"modified":"2018-11-18T18:43:27","modified_gmt":"2018-11-18T18:43:27","slug":"review-karg-dornenvogel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-karg-dornenvogel\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Karg &#8211; Dornenv\u00f6gel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-72857\" src=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Karg-Dornenvo\u0308gel-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" title=\"\">Karg<\/strong>, the brainchild of Harakiri For The Sky\u2019s J.J., have returned with \u2018<em>Dornenv\u00f6gel<\/em>\u2019, their 6<sup>th<\/sup> album. Originally a one-man project for J.J.,\u00a0it has blossomed into a fully-fledged blackened metal outfit with an affinity for melancholic yet scathing music. Listeners of Harakiri or other blackened metal groups like Deafheaven or Planning For Burial will find \u2018<em>Dornenv\u00f6gel\u2019<\/em>s grim sound deeply comfortable.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;<em>Drangsal<\/em>\u2019 is a slow-burning opener, and one of the strongest 10-minute stints on the album. A bleak wave of sound is slowly crafted by J.J, with scowled vocals being gradually surrounded by soaring cymbal crashes and grinding guitar melodies. There\u2019s an air of familiarity to it, but its icy atmosphere feels as alien as can be.<\/p>\n<p>And this is one of the coldest sounding albums of the year. It revels in its own wintry sound, exhaling its brutal, dark condensation for all to witness. <em>\u2018F 19.5\u2019<\/em> is a particularly bracing song, a twelve-minute odyssey that sounds as furious as it does distant. The vocals are abrasively delivered, holding their own against the meandering riffs that hold it together. It\u2019s quieter moments are carefully layered, featuring a piano performance that dances carefully on the weight of the song.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Karg - Dornenv\u00f6gel (Full Album)\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nmxruEmJiyQ?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u2018<em>Dornenv\u00f6gel\u2019<\/em> does it\u2019s best to balance its intense sadness with powerful furore. \u2018<em>Meine Freiheit war ihr Tod\u2019<\/em> is a more aggressive track, kicking off in the middle of an ascending chorus of noise. It doesn\u2019t ever peter out, but rather feels like it\u2019s taking a breather before returning to take another shot at exhausting you over and over again.<\/p>\n<p>At its heart, that\u2019s how \u2018<em>Dornenv\u00f6gel<\/em>\u2019 feels. A series of impassioned, harsh tracks that never really let their guard down for too long.\u00a0<em>\u2018Petrichor\u2019<\/em> anchors on this feeling, both vulnerable and aggressive at once. In a year dominated by some of the best, bleakest albums we\u2019ve had in a long time, J.J. cements his long-standing status as a songwriting powerhouse.<\/p>\n<p>4.5\/5<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8216;Dornenv\u00f6gel&#8217;<\/em> by <strong>Karg<\/strong> is out now by <strong>AOP Records<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Karg<\/strong> links: <a href=\"https:\/\/en-gb.facebook.com\/kargband\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/karg.bandcamp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bandcamp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Words by Sam Seaton (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/citrus_music_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@citrus_music_<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;&#8216;Dornenv\u00f6gel&#8217; revels in its wintry sound, exhaling its brutal, dark condensation for all to witness.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":72857,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[5879,16260,16259,16244,15032],"class_list":["post-72845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-album-reviews","tag-album-reviews","tag-aop-records","tag-dornenvogel","tag-karg","tag-sam-seaton"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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