Description
German death doom act Necros Christos is a band that has won some respected in the underground due to their intelligent and eerie compositions and what sets this band apart is their slower tempos and frequent ethnic instrumental interludes which add a rich flavor to the heavily interwoven, cascading, riffs which form their bulk. Domedon Doxomedon is their first studio album in seven years and ist an absolute behemoth when it comes to length. And behemoth it is with 27 tracks spread across the three discs. While Domedon Doxomedon might be long — incredibly long even — one thing it doesn’t do is break the Necros Christos mold that fans have come to know and love; that remains completely intact. Instrumentals account for about 75 percent of the tracks, while their unique take on blackened death metal accounts for the other 25 percent (which is roughly nine tracks). These Germans are not merely focused on their own demise. Rather, Domedon Doxomedon touches on all aspects of occult, apocalyptic, and downright brutal end-times theory with Christ maintaining a central role in their story (which takes on ritualistic and ceremonial postures). Necros Christos is a band easily overlooked due to the sheer volume of interludes on their albums, which also indicates that they are a band easily misunderstood. The important thing is to listen. Whether you get through one disc or all three, absorbing their music as a whole, as a thematic exploration, is an experience unlike any other.
Track list:
1. Temple I: The Enlightened Will Shine Like The Zohar Of The Sky [Daniel 12:3]
2. I Am Christ
3. [And They Call This] Gate: Gate Of Sooun
4. Temple II: Who Will Get Me A Drink Of Water From The Cistern Of Bethlehem? [2 Samuel 23:15]
5. Tombstone Chapel
6. [And They Call This] Gate: Gate Of Damihyron
7. Temple III: Unless YHVH Had Been My Help, My Soul Would Soon Have Dwelt With Dumah [Psalms 94:17]
8. He Doth Mourn In Hell
9. [And They Call This] Gate: Gate Of Aion Tsevaoth
10. Temple IV: Oracle Of The Man Whose Eye Is Open [Humbers 24:3]
11. Seven Altars Burn In Sin
12. [And They Call This] Gate: Gate Of Arba-Hemon
13. Temple V: בראשית [Genesis 1:1]
14. Exiled In Transformation
15. [And They Call This] Gate: Gate Of Behet-Myron
16. Temple VI: The Weight Of Gold That came To Solomon In One Year Was 666 Talents Of Gold [1 Kings 10:14]
17. The Heart Of King Solomon In Sorcery
18. [And They Call This] Gate: Gate Of Sulam
19. Temple VII: The And All That Belonged To Them Went Down Alive Into Sheol [Humbers 16:33]
20. The Guilt They Bore
21. [And They Call This] Gate: Gate Of Jehudmijron
22. Temple VIII: Mount Sinai Was All In Smoke In, For YHVH Had Descended Upon It In Fire [Exodus 19:18]
23. Exodos
24. [And They Call This] Gate: Gate Of Dimitrijon
25. Temple IX: A Redeemer Will Come To Zion [Isaiah 59:20]
26. In Meditation On The Death Of Christ
27. [And They Call This] Gate: Gate Of Ea-On