Review by Sacraphobic 
Dark Tribe - In Jeraspunta - Die Rückkehr ... CD (Black Hate Productions)
With Summoning and Graveland - maybe the only classic bands still retaining
hopeful expectations of consistent innovation and quality from listeners
– arguably beginning to fold under the immense weight of self-parody’s
temptation, never has black metal had greater need for new, groundbreaking
artists to rise up and be counted. Drudkh acquired a surge of praise
after throwing out a rapid-fire succession of folk-tinged, hypnotic
BM, and Velvet Cacoon if nothing else momentarily reignited a sense
of mystery that the genre hadn’t really possessed in years, but neither
of these bands did nearly enough to re-ignite the flame. France’s Blut
Aus Nord returned from the abyss to throw out a swirling vortex of a
record in 2003 hailed by many as black metal’s saviour, and the following
year saw countrymates Deathspell Omega attempt something ambitious with
an unusual, passionate, theatrical work of metaphysical exploration
that many claimed to be the genre’s new shining light, yet there was
confusion amongst many circles about just what precisely these bands
were trying to communicate, and in what way it was new or interesting.
Others delivered strong material, but the wow factor wasn’t quite there.
Things were, to many, looking rather bleak. Bleak, that is, until attention
was drawn to a work of twisted genius recently conjured over on German
soil.
Indeed, perhaps “above” German soil would be more accurate, as there
is a distinct sense that Dark Tribe’s “In Jeraspunta…” was sent down
from the skies by great universal powers – so great, in fact, that they
render our own existence entirely insignificant. Even a cursory listen
doesn’t fail to expose the album’s alien feel, and the sheer might,
violence and drive behind this piece – many have complained at first
listen that it’s simply too much. There’s no shame in this, the best
and worst of us are at first left with a cosmicist sense of awe by “In
Jeraspunta…”; there’s a sense that powers far more greater than our
own are locked in an intense battle of wills. Inhuman shrieks rage over
bizarre melodies which seem to be pure expulsions of force, lashing
and swarming about a particular note like bees around a hive, or ascending
and descending menacingly in step, often with almost a sense of glee.
Some of the riffs seem even to mock our insignificance, dancing around
the ritualistic drumming as if taken from some deranged and malicious
circus, whilst the chanted clean vocals don’t only resonate with power
but seem almost to jeer intimidatingly at our petty existence.
Yet, if listening to this piece only instilled feelings of awe and insignificance,
it wouldn’t be quite as good as I make it out to be. Nay – the gap between
“In Jeraspunta”’s apparent otherworldly power and the individual listening
is bridged in the most intimate of ways. Though presented on a stage
wholly inhuman and vast in power, the circus-like themes, inter-related
and developed throughout the album, seem almost to reflect the absurd
circus of one’s own life; human life, instilling recognition that regardless
of the greatness of one’s power and will, the Cosmos remains an irrational
beast, within which all will inevitably suffer and perish. A depressing
feeling - to have the world’s harsh meaninglessness stare you in the
face, but by sporadically placing more sombre and beautiful passages
through the album Dark Tribe prevent the listener from giving up hope.
Still, the final track is marked with a certain sincerity, as if the
world is no longer a place for the prior mockery and glee – only the
hollow misery of the abyss. One begins to feel oneself teetering on
its edge as the ominous chants grow ever louder, the battering of drums
ever more frantic, the melodies ever more haunting and devoid of hope,
only for the piece to be resolved by one of the most powerful, poignant
climaxes metal has ever seen, bringing to a forefront the tragedy of
human meaninglessness, and forcing the listener to revel in its inherent
beauty.
Any man who can not find his place in this album’s grand scheme, and
further, feel inspired by the band's intensity and power, the intelligence
of their composition and above all their ability to find tragic beauty
in the midst of the absurd, is surely no man at all.
Review by Xenofex
Dark Tribe - In Jeraspunta - Die Rückkehr ... CD (Black Hate Productions)
If all the madness and discontent felt in this world were somehow transcribed
into an audio form, I believe "In Jeraspunta..." would very well be
the result. Every time I play this album, the insanity from the music
feels like it is seeping freely through the speakers, as if it were
channeling itself to me. The atmosphere is unimaginably overwhelming
(definitely not for the faint of heart), made possible by very amplified
guitars and very amplified vocals. The guitars are actually not all
that heavy... they are VERY loud in the mix (very amplified, as I just
described). The riff-work I would describe as "carnivalesque", because
the abnormal, often dissonant melodies bring up thoughts of a bizarre
freak show you would only see at a circus from another planet. Those
kinds of thoughts are brought up even more by the inhuman vocals....
holy shit, the vocals (provided by multiple band-members) I would describe
as a mix of psychotic, ear-piercing howls, shrieks, barks, etc. (there's
even some monk-like chanting in the later tracks that do not sound out
of place but instead add to the album's sense of weirdness and overwhelming
atmosphere). It is af if the combination of these insane/bizarre guitar
and vocal expressions are making a parody of mankind's existence in
the way they sound.... THAT is how overwhelming this recording sounds
(to these ears anyway).
The drumwork is simplistic but effective... there are a few moments
where there is fast blasting, but this is NOT the type of black metal
where every track is an all-out aggressive, blastbeat fest (ala Dark
Funeral). Nor is it the type of black metal that seeks to break "new
ground" with avant-garde nuances like ambient interludes and electronica
beats or whatever.... it IS however a unique and bizarre experience
in the way it sounds. The songwriting is fairly simple, and clearly
meant to lull the listener (into the music's insanity, of course).
I will go ahead and start closing this review by stating that anyone
who is a fan of very hateful-sounding, extreme metal bands such as Silencer,
Watchmaker, Abyssic Hate, etc. should check this out... in my opinion,
this gives any of those bands a run for their money though. In a way,
I like to think of this album as "psychotic black metal version of Demilich's
"Nespithe"" (though less technical and without those toad-like vocals,
hehehe). "In Jeraspunta..." has definitely gone on to be one of the
best black metal cd's I have heard.
Review by Final War Magazin 
Dark Tribe - In Jeraspunta - Die Rückkehr ... CD (Black Hate Productions)
Das Promo-Exemplar, sprich die A-Version zu diesem Album, konnte mir
ja schon gefallen, aber was für ein Ergebnis man mittels ordentlichem
Equipment, Zeit sowie der Mastering-Unterstützung von Angel Of
Doom (ETERNITY) erzielte, verschlägt mir glatt die Sprache. Zumindest
trifft mich "In Jeraspunta", DARK TRIBEs zweites Werk, wenigstens
nicht vollkommen unvorbereitet, sonst würde ich diesen genialen
Amoklauf angesichts seiner teuflischen Anziehungskraft wohl nicht unbeschadet
überstehen. So einen unbändigen Drang alles um mich herum
zu zerstören spüre ich sonst nur bei ILDJARN oder "Live
in Leipzig"! Das ist es wohl, worauf es die Deutschen mit ihrem
sehr originellen Stil, fernab jeglicher Anbiedereien, abgesehen haben.
Die Riffs und Songstrukturen sind zutiefst verstörend, doch verfügt
das Album durchaus über eindringliche Melodik und raffinierte Abwechselung
(nicht zu knapp) sowie hymnische Parts. Es wirkt aber trotzdem stets
wie durch ein psychotisches Temperament gefiltert und darum in keinster
Weise "weich". Dem Hörer steht durchweg der kalte Schweiß
auf der Stirn. Auch der scheinbar pathetischen Männergesang, z.B.
bei "Iron Grave" oder "The Seed Is Rising", verleiht
dem Material kein Stück schwülstiges "Pagan-Feeling",
sondern bewirkt eine weitere Steigerung des Trance-Gefühl, das
die Platte verursacht. Eines der beeindruckendsten Elemente bleiben
aber die Kreischvocals. Der Wahnsinn! Der Sänger scheint sich förmlich
ins unendlich Manische zu steigern. Sehr abgefahren und durchdringend!
Ein sehr guter Sound und die dunkle, minimalistische Gestaltung von
Booklet und Co. bestätigen meinen Eindruck, dass ich "In Jeraspunta"
getrost auf die nicht sonderlich lange Liste der besten Veröffentlichungen
2004 setzen kann.
Fazit: "In Jeraspunta" kommt einem mehr als intensiven Rauscherlebnis gleich, das mit nichts auch nur annähernd vergleichbar ist! Hier haben wir es mit einem Meisterwerk der finstren, morbiden und radikalen Klänge zu tun, für die DARK TRIBE nun Deutschlands Anlaufstelle Nr. 1 sein dürften !
Review by Diabolicalconquest.com Magazine Review by Voices from the Dark Side Review by Metal1.de Metal
Dark Tribe - In Jeraspunta - Die Rückkehr ... CD (Black Hate Productions)
From the first explosive note to the despondent finale, Dark Tribe's second album is through every second of its duration sense destroyingly overwhelming. Imagine the primitive human from 2001 – A Space Odyssey touching the black monolith and instead of benign information, has soul obliterating truths about existence poured into his poor monkey brain, after which the monolith grows a fanged mouth and eats him, crushing his frail frame into a bloody paste. That is vaguely comparable to the first impression this album could inflict upon a poor unprepared listener.
This thing is huge, monolithic. Exceedingly heavy monster riffing descends from miles above, employing some of the most unorthodox and dissonant note progressions in the genre, accompanied by almost tribal sounding vicious drumming while a complete madmen screams incoherencies and blasphemies against nature. And it will not stop, not relent for an instant, the completely insane chord progressions doubling up in a vile mockery of harmony, morphing and twisting into ever new hideous forms. In some rare instants the riffing will slow down into a more recognizable form, but these will employ such despondent, soul crushing melodies that little relief is gained before the madness returns with a vengeance terrifying to behold. And even these more melodious, slower segments share in the forward, upward drive as the rest of the album, making heavy use of a technique that foregoes musical resolution in favor of ever greater musical tension.
In Jeraspunta seems to follow a kind of Nietzschean psychological development, where the formerly rational man becomes aware of the complete relativity of truth and morality, goes through an extreme existential crisis, and eventually embraces amorality and the pliability of truth, becoming one with irrationality. Except in the terrifying picture painted by Dark Tribe's music this will probably also involve ancient extra dimensional deities, the warping of reality, the physical transformation of the self into the monstrous, and extreme violence and destruction culminating in the ultimate annihilation of everything.
In an accomplishment defying reason, each new song on the album is even more intense and inhuman then the previous one, without fail. Where the opening salvos of Jeraspunta are still somewhat comparable to other dissonant acts, by the time the halfway point is reached any semblance with convention is completely and truly vanquished, the churning riffs inverting order and thus ascending ever onwards towards an abyss of glorious insanity.
And it is indeed glorious. As with every passing second more parts of the human self are discarded in favor of something... Other, the music starts taking on a jubilant, almost worshiping tone, subtly weaving its way throughout chunky sense crushing chordage and the insidious sway of tremolo note progressions. This aided in no small part through the clean chanting that becomes more and more prominent past the halfway mark, presenting a new type of knowledge and faith suitable to the Earth left behind after the scouring.
And then the final triptych of songs start, surpassing all others in their awe inspiring unreason and exquisite metaphysical violence, each new plateau of extremity reached painting a sublime tapestry of sundered dreams and shattered realities, exultantly moving through the carnage as only an inhuman God can. For in this new world are only two beings, the divine mad and the victims. The last song heralds the closure of the human age with the disturbing religious chanting of vocals and guitars in tandem trading places with demented riff and drum segments of such savagery and speed that the previous forty minutes of mayhem pale in comparison. Finally as the last vestiges of stability disintegrate, the last despairing melody sets in amidst the last few screamed gibberings of the dead and dying as the curtain falls for humanity. And thus, all ends.
Released during the closure of 2004, this album has stood the test of time. Eschewing the limelight, Dark Tribe remains an enigma, existing only as a shadowy collective of individuals unleashing the occasional musical terror upon man before vanishing again, leaving only their audial blasphemies behind as their legacy, to be found and appreciated only by the deserving. All those who seek something more in their music and who've found themselves in an existential conundrum and relished the freedom it ultimately provided would do best to track this down for new insights into the extreme and the breaking of boundaries. All others can stick with their reality, where metal is just music played on loud guitars in a scene that is but a reflection of modern society with its fashions, socializing and politicking, safe and mundane.
I, however, shall jump headfirst into the Abyss with Dark Tribe. Perhaps you can join us?
Alex Donks 9.5
Review by Vampire Magazine
Dark Tribe - In Jeraspunta - Die Rückkehr ... CD (Black Hate Productions)
Dark Tribe released ‘In Jeraspunta…’ a year ago, yet only recently the
promo reached the Vampire Magazine headquarters and this album is simply
too good to ignore. Can’t you get enough from bands like Deathspell
Omega, Leviathan, Blut Aus Nord? Maybe you have to try Dark Tribe. What
you get to hear on ‘In Jeraspunta…’ is sick, twisted, raw and hateful;
it’s a little like a mixture of the bands I named before, though Dark
Tribe brings us a totally refreshing view on the nowadays black metal
underground. With unusual song structures, insane melodies and harsh
hopeless vokills. This is Insane!!! Fast and slower parts are well combined
to build op songs for reaching a climax halfway or at the end, in-between
you better prepare for everything thinkable, because Dark Tribe doesn’t
avoid strange swerves in it’s music. At some moments the music sounds
so damn cold that even the biggest misanthrope around will pee in his
pants from anger, yet don’t be surprised if less than a minute later
Dark Tribe brings you an epic part that wouldn’t be misplaced on an
enslaved album, like you can hear in the song ‘Iron Grave’. All in all
I think this album won’t attract many people, yet if you’re into the
bands I mentioned above, you might enjoy this piece of pure insanity.
For me this album is one of the absolute highlights I’ve heard in a
long time. It took some time to get into, yet it contains all elements
I love in Black Metal music and moreover it’s refreshing. I guess we’re
going to hear a lot more from this amazing band in the near future!
Geert
Review by Nyctoptic
Dark Tribe - In Jeraspunta - Die Rückkehr ... CD (Black Hate Productions)
My first impression of Dark Tribe's In Jeraspunta was very favorable. This album received many rotations for the first week or so of my discovering it, as holistically speaking, the general atmosphere that the songs convey is quite titillating. Besides satisfying the standard slew of adjectives that one ought to be able to apply to black metal of this sort--ferocious, hateful, violent, etc.--In Jeraspunta was unusual for being genuinely exhilarating, and appeared to incorporate some secret alchemical ingredient that gave the album a noticeable auric sheen sadly lacking in the dull and murky nuggets that comprise most black metal releases, even those that are otherwise competently performed. I remember thinking that there was a distinct vein of mental instability here, and maybe even felt a little demented myself after putting the songs on repeat for too long.
However, I summarily twigged that the instability I detected was not a metaphysical aura of spiritual malaise oozing from a source transcending the frequencies themselves, but was instead a concrete instability written into the actual music. In Jeraspunta is a very simple album at heart: it is an album composed entirely around excessively see-sawing contrast. The most bizarre-sounding riffs are steeply ascending and descending tonal ladders, waggling wildly up and down the scale. Austere clean singing competes for attention with high-pitched howls, monotonous shouting, hysterical screaming and raspy shrieks. The songs repeatedly alternate between frenzied riffing and slower, more sorrowful passages. Even the often jagged and unpredictable vocals provide a counterpoint to the cyclic riffs and melodies.
Every song on this album essentially conforms to the above description. Take the second track, "The Seed," for instance. (Amusingly enough, this particular song manages to introduce yet another element of contrast. It begins quietly, then suddenly becomes louder shortly before the half-minute mark.) The first two riffs are just simplistic arrangements of high and low notes (high-high-low-low and low-high-high-low) that together form a stretch of abruptly rising and falling hills and valleys of sound. Then a longer motif kicks in (along with the vocals), which although more complex is just the same thing: some ascending notes, a precarious drop down, repeat with some variation in pitch and duration, then play it all again. As the song goes on, Dark Tribe mixes it up by introducing a particular riff that's shifted up and down the scale. Now they're tonally contrasting entire musical fragments, not just individual notes. This is extremely different from what they were doing before. Anyway, eventually at 3:17 or so the song changes gears with no warning and transforms from driving, mid to fast paced black metal into slow, majestic and mournful black metal. This plays for one and a half minutes. And then the song is over. While the latter section is done well, I can't help but suspect that Dark Tribe, in accordance with their methodology on the rest of In Jeraspunta, tacked it on just to make sure that the end of the song was sufficiently different from the beginning.
That more or less summarizes every track on this record. Dark Tribe will shuffle what they choose to contrast in any given song--for example, on the title track the melodies are more normal sounding, but there are about four vocal styles, and the song pendulums from sad slowpoke to snarling speedster a total of six times. Kind of the opposite of "The Seed," which had more lunatic riffs but was tamer in the other two areas.
In Jeraspunta's obsession with contrast is both its greatest strength (because it creates such a unique sound) and its greatest weakness (because having such a conspicuous auditory linchpin becomes a real earsore rather quickly). As previously stated, I enjoyed this album at first, but once I became aware of the ham-handed compositional approach, it swelled gigantic and overshadowed everything, including the excellent production, the skill of the musicians, and the catchiness of many of the riffs, making the strangeness of the music feel calculated and artificial rather than natural and effortless.
In Jeraspunta is basically a compressed musical rendition of bipolar disorder. While such an experience may be novel (at least for those who are not bipolar), it becomes annoying after too many repetitions. Nevertheless, the instrumentation is decent and the overall sound interesting enough to warrant occasional listens. I put this on from time to time, but only very rarely.
Dark Tribe - In Jeraspunta - Die Rückkehr ... CD (Black Hate Productions)
Finally the second album of that killer horde from Germany got unleashed.
"In Jeraspunta..." is a great continuation of their first album "Geboren
an den Ufern des Wahnsinns". Unfortunately this work doesn't have the
same long playing time like the debut, but Dark Tribe's second desecration
will rape your mind with 9 songs and 46 minutes of mental-terror ("Geboren..."
had a playtime of more than 70 minutes). The layout is very dark as
usual, no real band-photos which makes that band even more mystical!
Again no lyrics, just some fragments of lyrics are to be seen inside
the 8 pages booklet. What is most interesting for me: this album will
be released on vinyl also, I hope it will be soon! I cannot wait to
get my first Dark Tribe vinyl! Okay, enough shit, let us talk about
their music, if that is possible with some lousy words of mine. Finally,
the great songs of their second promo got their titles, so 'The Seed'
is one of these songs I was already familiar with (also 'Nothing As
Darkness', 'The Unknown Light', 'In Jeraspunta', etc.). Great! The recordings
(songs and sound) are different from that on the promo CD (with 5 songs
included), some new arrangements and riffs and it also got mastered
and mixed at Rape of Harmonies (Anael, Eternity...). Their new tracks
are also great, the normal, operetta like voice is used more than usual,
which is a great hypnotic one like on 'Burning Hate'! Together with
the pounding music it is a completely new side of Dark Tribe, just felicitous!!
Still this unholy feeling is to be heard on Dark Tribe's stuff, which
is one of their best marks. The sound of the real drum is better than
the sounds of the drum-pc which was used on their earlier releases.
Their material is good enough to be performed live on stage, but these
guys aren't too fond of that idea, which is sad. But I hope to see these
guys in the future. I know this will be a dark battle. For all those
into Black Metal: check this band out, it is not the usual stuff you
can get on your next music-store, this is Metal with real feeling and
the essential evilness. This is for the sikk ones! Although Dark Tribe
have their very own style of Black Metal I just can not prevent to mention
names like Countess, Open Grave and Front Beast as some bands with the
same song-structures, feelings, weird riffs and such! Support and find
nothing but darkness!!
Hurricane
Review by Hatefull Metal
Dark Tribe - In Jeraspunta - Die Rückkehr ... CD (Black Hate Productions)
In Jeraspunta – Die Rückkehr der tollwütigen Bestie ist nach Geboren
an den Ufern des Wahnsinns bereits das zweite Album von Dark Tribe und
hat es voll und ganz in sich. Sofort mit dem ersten Titel Nothing as
darkness wird unmissverständlich klar gemacht, dass es sich hierbei
um schonungslosen und heftigen Black Metal handelt, der getrieben ist
von wahnsinniger Eleganz und hasserfüllten Takten. Obwohl es nicht vom
ersten bis zum letzten Titel durchgehend schnell und brachial ist, versprühen
Dark Tribe aber dennoch mit jeder Sekunde Musik ein intensives und unheilvolles
Gefühl sowie ständige Brutalität und Aggression. Dazu muss man sich
nur The unknown light anhören, der irre Gesang, der phasenweise wie
in hysterische Anfälle auszubrechen scheint, und die hellen Gitarren
dazu. Ein apokalyptisches Bild wird dort gezeichnet, zumal durch die
Taktwechsel und die unterschiedlichen Spielweisen der Gitarren manchmal
ein disharmonischer Eindruck entsteht. In Jeraspunta – Die Rückkehr
der tollwütigen Bestie ist zwar zu großen Anteilen laut und heftig,
dennoch gibt es aber auch vereinzelte ruhigere und harmonische Momente
die allerdings ebenfalls eine dunkle Stimmung in sich tragen. Es ist
ein äußerst überzeugendes Album geworden. Nicht nur weil es absolut
eigenständig ist sondern vor allem auch, weil es einen sehr nachhaltigen
Eindruck hinterlässt, die Vertonung von Aggression und Wahnsinn wunderbar
gelungen ist und einigen Hörern sicherlich Kopfschmerzen bereiten wird.
Dark Tribe - In Jeraspunta - Die Rückkehr ... CD (Black Hate Productions)
"In Jeraspunta - Die Rückkehr der tollwütigen Bestie" ist ein seltsam
anmutender Titel, passt somit auch zu DARK TRIBE. Im Booklet sieht man
ausser schwarz/weiss-Fotos, auf denen loderndes Feuer in verschiedenen
Varianten zu sehen ist, eigentlich fast nichts mehr. Das interessanteste,
da verquer, obskur anmutende, ist das Album selbst, die Rahmenbedingungen
passen jedoch zur Band, die nicht viel über sich preisgibt. Jeraspunta
ist übrigens ihre Bezeichnung für die Welt, in der sie ihre Gedanken
streifen lassen können oder kurz: Quell ihres Werkes. So eigen wie die
Band ist auch die Musik, sie ist Ausdruck ihrer Persönlichkeit, wenn
man vermuten darf. Manchmal mutet sie sehr wirr und abstrus an, der
Gesang ist mitunter schrill und wird nicht jedem gefallen. Das prägnanteste
Mittel der Gruppe sind freilich klirrende, sägende, monotone Riffs,
welche es vermögen, Eindruck zu verschaffen und eine unheimliche, nervenkitzelnde
Atmosphäre heraufzubeschwören. Hinzu kommen dumpfe, hämmernde Drums,
der schrille, machmal scheusslich-schöne Gesang. Ist man ganz und gar
versunken in dieser Verherrlichung des geistigen Verfalls, in dieser
Agonie, so wird man selbst nicht mehr loskommen. Das erledigen bemerkenswerterweise
DARK TRIBE selbst, da sie auch kurze, ruhige Parts einbinden, die jedoch
nicht mehr als die bekannte Ruhe vor dem Sturm sind. Überhaupt ist es
eher nicht möglich, Strukturen in ihrer Musik zu erkennen und erfassen,
es scheint keine zu geben, Refrains natürlich auch nicht. Dafür aber
jede Menge markanter Details und Eigenschaften, die DARK TRIBE eindeutig
identifizieren. Hinzu kommt der mittelmäßige Sound und die Notiz, dass
die Band prinzipiell keine großen instrumentalen Leistungen hervorbringt.
Dennoch ist "In Jeraspunta - Die Rückkehr der tollwütigen Bestie" umwerfend,
das Album fasziniert, es ist unglaublich und voller Wahnsinn. Sogar
Männerchöre hat man untergebracht, jedoch darf man diese nicht mit erhabenen,
heldenhaften Gesängen assoziieren, damit haben sie nichts gemein. Sie
wirken eher wie Herbeirufungszeremonien von nicht irdischen Übeln. Das,
was DARK TRIBE kreieren, kann man kaum beschreiben. Es sprengt die Grenzen
des normalen Bewusstseins, ist absurd und wahnsinnig. Die Musik ansich
ist sehr primitiv, doch vermischt mit eben jenen Merkmalen ergibt es
spannende, faszinierende, fesselnde Lieder, in denen man aufgeht. Nach
und nach erschliesst sich ein Teil des Wesens von "In Jeraspunta - Die
Rückkehr der tollwütigen Bestie", doch vollauf wird man dieses Werk
kaum begreifen oder fassen können. Das Album ist wunderbar, man kann
sich darin verlieren und obskure Szenerien vor dem inneren Auge betrachten.
Es braucht seine Zeit, zunächst einmal wird die Scheibe wohl nur verwundern
und abstoßen, da sie erst einmal ohne Sinn zu wüten scheint. "In Jeraspunta
- Die Rückkehr der tollwütigen Bestie" ist gewiss nichts, was ich ohne
weiteres empfehlen würde, dazu sind die Klänge zu speziell. Wer mit
meinen Umreißungen jedoch etwas anzufangen weiss, dem sei zu dem Album
geraten, es wird in höchstem Maße verzücken.
Review by MetalSurf Slovenia 
Dark Tribe - In Jeraspunta - Die Rückkehr ... CD (Black Hate Productions)
Ejha! Tak a je tu nový album tejto nemeckej kuriozity! Kedže vyšiel
u správnej firmy, kapela rozhodne neskrotla. Stále ide o pekný bordel,
domáce spotrebice, rachot a tak podobne. Neviem spievat, neviem hrat,
volám sa DARK TRIBE. To je heslo tohto CD! DARK TRIBE hrajú extrémny
black metal, kde sa mieša viacero vplyvov a najmä kde to hucí ako v
cementárke. A je to na úrovni materskej školy – co sa týka znalosti
hry na hudobné nástroje. No ale nevadí, pretože sa ide cestou „bordel
vekov“ a ked sa to dobre spraví, tak sa to aj dobre pocúva. Ešte stále
je aj o humor postarané. Zvuk je ale lepší ako na CD "Second promo"
z roku 2003. Je dost –moc uhladený (oproti promu), co je trochu škoda
(preto pol boda dole). Inak je to ale „výkvet“, ktorý ale uráža menej
ako napríklad nový EDGUY. Chlapci sa ale oproti promu "zlepšili", teraz
už to nie je najväcší bordel 21. storocia. Ale stále to je riadny chliev,
i ked už sa sem-tam objaví aj black. Niektoré skladby z proma sú aj
na CD (spoznal som 2), aj ked už sú v lahodnejšom šate. Spev je riadny
škrekot/chropot, ale obcas sa ozve aj jacanie typu prvý BETHLEHEM. A
obcas dokonca aj normálny hlas! (ku koncu asi v dvoch skladbách), ktorý
je ale trochu od veci. Naštastie ale nekazí celkový dojem z „umývacky
riadu“. Prvá piesen „Nothing as darkness“ je kvalitný vysavac, potom
idú kvílive gitary ako z proma a ku koncu depkovo/chlievové litánie.
CD „In jeraspunta – Die Rückkehr der tollwütigen Bestie“ je 100%ný extrémny
ultraprimitívny ultranasraný black metal. Odporúcam toto CD púštat každej
beštii, ktorú poznáte! Pre zberatelov najväcších chlievov vysoko doporucujem.
Mohlo to byt aj lepšie, keby sa viac vysávalo, ale aj tak to je dobré.
Hor sa na Nucleasr Blast s tým! ALIEN
Review by Mirgilus Siculorum 
Dark Tribe - In Jeraspunta - Die Rückkehr ... CD (Black Hate Productions)
Mar epp ideje volt, hogy felbukkanjon egy ilyen banda mint a nemet Dark
Tribe. Mondjuk mar 1997 ota leteznek, de engem valahogy elkerultek eddig,
viszont ennek a masodik nagylemeznek az ismereteben minden kiadvanyukat
megprobalom levadaszni. Ez a lemez eloszor 2004-ben jelent meg CD-n,
tavaly meg kazettan 200 peldanyra limitalva (nekem ilyen formatumban
van meg). A Dark Tribe egy zsenialis banda, kapasbol nem tudnek meg
egy bandat megemliteni aki hasonlo zenet csinalt/csinalna. Van nemi
Burzum hatas, lehet, hogy valakinek meg a hiszterikus enek miatt a Silencer
neve is beugrik, viszont ezek csak ilyen kapaszkodok, mert valojaban
a DT nem hasonlit mas bandara. Felteszed az albumot es csak amulsz,
hogy ennyire hiszterikusan, orulten , morbidan, kibaszott betegul is
lehet jatszani a fekete femet, teszem hozza, ugy, hogy az egesz nem
lesz egy nagy kaosz, hanem igenis jol elkulonitheto dalok, temak vannak
itt, jol atgondolva, megszervezve minden egyes hang tema, riff. Ilyen
zenet csak elborult agyu pszichopatak, a patas altal megszalt ordogfajzatok
kepesek komponalni. Szinte vegig pattogo ritmusok, szirenazo gitarok
kergetik oruletbe az embert, amit “szinesit” az enekes hiszterikus,
elmebeteg orditasa, sot neha a hatterbol beteg kantalas is hallatszik.
A totalis orulet, a fekevesztett pszichopatizmus uli nagybetus unnepet
a Dark Tribe masodik nagylemezen. Ez valodi fekete fem a pokol legsotetett
bugyraibol, a DT mellett a legtobb black metal banda csak egy gyerekes
trefanak tunik. Az “In Jeraspunta” lemez meghallgatasa utan eleg nehez
feltenni olyan zenet ami ennel extremebb lenne.
Mirgilus - 10/10
Review by Blooddawn Mag
Dark Tribe - In Jeraspunta - Die Rückkehr ... CD (Black Hate Productions)
Nach dem grandiosen Erstwerk von DARK TRIBE, "Geboren an den Ufern des
Wahnsinns", war das neue Album der Ausnahme-Schwarzmetaller eine der
von mir am meisten erwartetsten Scheiben in diesem, oder besser im letzten
Jahr. Und ich kann schon jetzt sagen, dass sich das Warten voll und
ganz gelohnt hat. "In Jeraspunta – Die Rückkehr der tollwütigen Bestie"
– dieser Titel beschreibt die Musik von DARK TRIBE genau wie der Titel
seines Vorgängers ziemlich genau. Was den Hörer erwartet, zählt zu den
abgrundtiefsten, bösartigsten, psychopatischsten und ekstatischsten
Stücken Musik, die jemals ans Tageslicht gekrochen sind. Doch die Musik
hat sich seit den "Ufern des Wahnsinns" etwas verändert. Zwar erkennt
man schon nach wenigen Augenblicken die typische DARK TRIBE Marke, aber
musikalisch differenziert sich "In Jeraspunta..." recht deutlich vom
ersten Langspieler der Gruppe. Was zuerst auffällt, ist die sauberere
und klarere Produktion der Platte, die nicht mehr auf übelst verzerrte
emotionale Eruptionen setzt, sondern auf eine schizophrene, beklemmende
Atmosphäre. Das wohl größte Merkmal von "In Jeraspunta..." ist das ständige
Wechselbad der Gefühle, das Ablösen von ruhigen Überleitungen und fast
schon besinnlichen Passagen mit absolut unkontrollierter, schlichtweg
kranker Raserei. Schon das Eröffnungslied "Nothing As Darkness" prägt
den typischen Rhythmus, der sich durch weite Teile des Albums ziehen
soll. Militärisch gallopierendes Schlagzeug, mal Mid-Tempo, mal langsam
und bedächtig, dann wieder mit angezogener Geschwindigkeit. "The Seed"
überrascht mit einer harmonischen und ruhigen Gitarrenmelodie. Spätestens
bei "The Unknown Light" hat sich schon eine ungeheuer impressive Klangwand
aufgebaut. Diese beruht nicht etwa auf vielschichtigen und vertrackten
Arrangements, ganz im Gegenteil: Instrumental gesehen ist die Musik
von DARK TRIBE sehr simpel. Doch trotzdem, oder vielleicht sogar deswegen,
erzeugen die Black Metaller eine derart rasende, packende Leidenschaft,
so dass jeder, der nicht mehr ganz richtig im Kopf ist, einfach davon
mitgerissen werden muss. "In Jeraspunta..." bietet einen viel höheren
Facettenreichtum als "Geboren...", ohne dabei an Schroffheit und Extremen
einzubüßen. Prägend für DARK TRIBE war schon immer der äußerst kranke
Gesang, dieses tollwütige (!) Gekreische, das in mir nur die Frage aufwirft,
in welche Raserei sich der Sänger versetzten muss, bevor er sein Material
aufnimmt! Jenes Gekreische wird an vielen Stellen überlagert, mal verzerrt,
mal tiefer oder gröhlend, mal verzweifelt hoch, aber jederzeit unglaublich
ausdrucksstark. Gerade auf den für "Geboren..." typischen reinen Singsang
verzichten DARK TRIBE jedoch auf ihrer jüngsten Ausgeburt. Seine Stelle
hat ein weitaus druckvollerer, tiefer Männer"chor" eingenommen, der
weniger hypnotisch, aber nicht minder verstörend aus den Lautsprechern
tönt. Jener Gesang wird erst ab "Crimson Storm" eingesetzt und zieht
sich ab dann durch den Rest der Scheibe. Die Kombination aus furiosem
Gekreische und pompösem, manchmal schon fast pathetischem Reingesang,
ist einfach grandios umgesetzt und zweifelsohne absolut einmalig. Nach
dem rasenden "Die Rückkehr der tollwütigen Bestie", das als schnellstes
und extremstes Stück der Platte seinem Titel absolut gerecht wird (ohne
Chor), klingt die CD mit "In Jeraspunta" auf grandiose Weise aus. Eingeleitet
wird diese pestschwarze Sahnehaube von einem Chor, der sich stark nach
dem Chor der Roten Armee anhört, wie ich zuerst schmunzelnd feststellen
musste. Überhaupt hört sich der Chorgesang an vielen Stellen ziemlich
russisch, oder zumindest slawisch an. Ich denke jedoch fast, dass dieses
Album keine wirklichen Texte besitzt...? Richtige Worte scheinen da
jedenfalls nicht wiedergegeben zu werden. Wie auch immer. Was folgt,
ist die wohl schizophrenste Abart des Albums, die zum Ende hin von einer
harmonischen und langsamen Melodie verschluckt wird, mit der "In Jeraspunta"
– wie nach einer tobenden Raserei – langsam in sich zusammensackt und
schließlich endet. Phantastischer Ausklang. Eines steht fest: DARK TRIBE
werden die meisten Menschen einfach nur als krankes Getöse abtun, denn
nur wenige sind in der Lage, diese kranke Form der Musik zu verstehen
und sich von ihr fesseln zu lassen. So oder so sollte man sich aber
einige Durchläufe gönnen. Dieses Album ist verabscheuungswürdig, der
Soundtrack zum Amoklauf, eine einzige tollwütige Raserei! Und einfach
genial. Nicht nur, dass DARK TRIBE abermals ihre Eigenständigkeit bewiesen
haben, sie haben ein reines Meisterwerk geschaffen, das seinen eh schon
exzellenten Vorgänger weit übertrifft. Wer denkt, dass er pervers genug
dazu ist, muss sich dieses Album kaufen, Punkt!
Review by Macabre Omen Newsealand
Dark Tribe - In Jeraspunta - Die Rückkehr ... CD (Black Hate Productions)
Monumental madness !
In an age where the majority of black metal bands are basically rehashing
ideas built in the early 90s by Burzum and Darkthrone(Nyktalgia, anyone?),
it is always refreshing to come across something as strikingly original
as Dark Tribe's second full-length effort. When I first listened to
this I was overwhelmed, the general sound evokes absolute chaos and
insanity – though the album isn't a blasting fest, nor is it “brutal”
in the Marduk sense. This is true ominous madness. If one concentrates
while listening to this(I don't see how one couldn't)it'll twist and
distort ones mind, allow nothing else to enter ones thought process
but the emotions it evokes. The riffs are some of the strangest I've
heard since Blut Aus Nord's last offering. They're so dissonant and
weird you'll be peering over at your speakers wondering what kind of
inhuman beasts created them. The melodies are unique, lush and very
creepy – often sounding as if they were played backwards, repeating
to create a wicked, hellish atmosphere. Said melodies and similar rhythms
weave in between thick and chugging riffs(coupled with explosive speed)while
an enraged psychopath howls uncontrollably over the top; the vocals
are utterly deranged, they're completely incomprehensible shrieks which
remind me of Landfermann on Bethlehem's 'Dictius Te Necare'. The difference
is they're never sorrowful or suicide inducing; more like insanity inducing.
The listener is given small breaks from these ghastly screams in a few
of the tracks, though; another less predominant vocal style is present
in the form of a deep, chanting voice which allows breathing space between
the intensity but also gives the album an eerie, epic vibe. Underlining
all of this is simplistic yet frenetic and variable drumming which serves
it's purpose as the backbone, nothing more. The production is perfect.
The percussion and bass take a backseat to the dominant and always interesting
guitar work. It's slightly muddy, but everything is easily audible.
I can't stress enough the feeling of utter blackness this album is suffocated
in. It surrounds you and sucks you in like a schizophrenic abyss, consuming
your soul in thick, bloody red and black waves of filth and madness.
There are no instrumentals, barely any moments to breathe; thus making
this a relentless journey through the musicians demented minds. I'm
currently hooked though, I've been playing this non-stop since the moment
I received it. I wouldn't recommend this to newbies – only those well
acquainted and searching for new depths of darkness.
In Jeraspunta is definitely a contender for 2004's black metal throne.
It matches the best (Deathspell Omega, Graveland, Countess)and basically
obliterates everything else I heard from the year.
Review by Black Terrror Metal Italia
(English Version)
Dark Tribe - In Jeraspunta - Die Rückkehr ... CD (Black Hate Productions)
Second album for this German band, that sincerely I didn’t heard until
now. In jeraspunta… it’s an incredible album, totally mad, with very
cold screams where the melodies appear only when they need evil atmospheres.
The music of the Dark Tribe seems to hit the listeners in his psychology,
creating black and cold atmosphere as not often I’ve heard. One band
strictly related to the 80’ ages, in some parts in fact, above all concerning
guitar riffs (not used in general in black metal), they remember to
me one of my favourite band: Mekong Delta. It seems absurd but the evil
and cold feeling of the german cult band, is present also in this band.
Influences that are came from the old and obscure European thrash metal
but that are realised in this modern black metal sound, chaotic and
psychedelic (Blut aus Nord, in primis). We are in face of one original
band, damned raw and evil in his music, that is able to create a perfect
alchemy between ? avant-garde to arrive in a post noise sound of 90’
ages, but that has his roots in the ? sound that only few bands in the
80’ ages were able to create, everything mixed with celebrative and
deep voices accompanied with inhuman screams of the singer. This is
one the best album I’ve heard in this new millennium, one of the most
inspired and foolish that probably I’ll listen for a lot of months.
That’s an opera out of human conception that is able, with its old clothes,
to be the manifest of the stinking tar that has been suffocated our
modern society. Dark Tribe are also prophets, black messengers that
release their terror sounds; every note, is in fact, a celebration,
a symbol to devotion to evil and hate but in a very intelligent and
terrifying way.
The word M A S T E R P I E C E, is right for these Monsters. A music
that however is dedicated to a strictly circle of listeners, those like
an extreme and chaotic sound, the same sound that is not present anymore
in the sick black metal scene of today, but that’s the good, this is
the secret of this absolutely masterpiece of the new millennium.
Review by Black Terrror Metal Italia 
(Italian Version)
Dark Tribe - In Jeraspunta - Die Rückkehr ... CD (Black Hate Productions)
Secondo album per questa band Tedesca, che sinceramente, fino a non
molto tempo fa, non conoscevo minimamente. “In Jeraspunta...“ è un disco
incredibile, totalmente folle, fatto di urla agghiaccianti, dove la
melodia è praticamente assente e compare solo nei momenti dove sono
necessarie atmosfere maligne. La musica dei Dark Tribe pare voler colpire
l’ascoltatore psicologicamente, creando atmosfere alienate, oscure,
fredde come raramente ho sentito. Una band sentimentalmente e musicalmente
radicata negli anni ’80, in certi frangenti infatti, per quanto riguarda
i riff di chitarra (spesso anomali per un gruppo black) m’è venuta in
mente una delle mie band preferite: i Mekong Delta. Pare assurdo, ma
il gusto freddo e maligno della cult band Tedesca (unica nel suo genere)
viene trasmesso perfettamente anche da questa band. Influenze che quindi
provengono dal caro, vecchio e oscuro thrash metal europeo, ma che vengono
trasposte al moderno suono del black metal più caotico e psichedelico
(Blut Aus Nord su tutti). Finalmente siamo quindi di fronte ad una band
originale, ma dannatamente grezza e maligna nella propria musica, che
riesce a creare un alchimia perfetta fra un suono “all’avanguardia”
che molto sfocia nel post noise degli anni ’90, ma che ha radici nel
suono “evil” che solo poche band, negli anni ’80 riuscivano a ricreare,
il tutto condito da un atmosfera spesso recitata da voci profonde e
celebrative che ben si sposano con gli urli disumani del cantante. Fra
i dischi usciti nel nuovo millennio, questo è sicuramente uno dei più
ispirati e folli che mi sia capitato d’ascoltare, e che probabilmente
seguiterò ad adorare per tanti e tanti mesi di fila. Questa è un opera
che trascende dalla concezione umana, che riesce, con la sua antica
veste, ad essere manifesto del puzzolente catrame che ormai ha soffocato
la nostra società moderna. I Dark Tribe sono anche profeti, neri messaggeri
che diffondono vero e proprio terrore sonoro; ogni nota è infatti una
celebrazione, un simbolo di devozione alla negatività e all’odio più
intelligente e terrificante.
La parola C A P O L A V O R O, non suona affatto male se affiancata
a questi Mostri. Una musica che tuttavia è dedicata ad una stretta schiera
d’ascoltatori, a quelli che adorano il suono più estremo, caotico e
distruttivo, quel suono che ben poco si rifà ai dettami della malata
scena metal moderna, ma è questo il bello, è questo il segreto di questo
capolavoro assoluto del nuovo millennio.
Review by Elskrim Italia
(English version)
Dark Tribe - In Jeraspunta - Die Rückkehr ... CD (Black Hate Productions)
Pure schizophrenia. “In Jeraspunta…” is one of the most insane an original
albums I’ve heard since a lot of time. Three-piece coming from Germany,
the Dark Tribe doesn’t have anything to do with other german bands,
to be sincerely, their black metal doesn’t have anything to do with
the main parts of the acts. When you try to offer something of original,
above all in the black metal music, there is a lot of probabilities
to make it wrong, putting solutions that are not made for black metal
roots. The Dark Tribe are able to be extremely originals playing a good
black metal. Their strong point is the original sound. You can feel
madness and crazy and there is no space for sanity. The vocals are screams
mixed with deep and evocative voices that seems to exorcise the furious
screaming. The riffing sometime seems out of the black metal sound,
it is psychedelic, remembering the last Blut aus Nord, instead the battery
is black metal style martial and glacial but always ready to start with
furious blast beats that bring you in a fool race to the pure nihilism.
Review by Elskrim Italia
(Italian version)
Dark Tribe - In Jeraspunta - Die Rückkehr ... CD (Black Hate Productions)
Chizofrenia allo stato puro. “In Jeraspunta - Die Rückkehr der Tollwütigen
Bestie” è uno degli album più insani ed originali che mi sia capitato
di ascoltare negli ultimi tempi. Three-piece proveniente dalla Germania,
i Dark Tribe, non hanno alcun punto in comune con nessuna band teutonica,
anzi a dire il vero il black metal che la band propone non ha punti
in comune con la maggior parte degli acts in circolazione. Quando si
cerca di proporre qualcosa di originale, specialmente nel black metal,
è alto il rischio di uscire fuori dal seminato, inserendo soluzioni
che poco hanno a che vedere con le fondamenta del genere stesso. I Dark
Tribe riescono invece ad essere estremamente originali senza per questo
rinunciare alle peculiarità che ogni band che suoni black metal dovrebbe
avere. E’ proprio la voglia di osare l’arma vincente della band. Di
mettere in scena, con un’impressionante e lucida follia, un mondo totalmente
alienato e schizoide, dove la razionalità lascia il passo alle turbe
più diverse. Le vocals constano di urla sconclusionate e apparentemente
senza alcun senso logico, accompagante, a volte, da voci profonde ed
evocative che sembrano quasi voler esorcizzare il furioso screaming.
Il riffing, zeppo di dissonanze e a t ratti del tutto estraneo dai tipici
archetipi black metal, risulta essere quasi psichedelico, ricordando
a volte gli ultimi Blut Aus Nord, mentre le partiture di batteria fanno
da degna cornice, marziali e glaciali ma sempre pronte a lanciarsi in
furiosi blast beats che rincorrono il resto della brigata in una folle
corsa verso il nichilismo più puro. a
Un album sorprendente e personale, una folle ed estraniante corsa verso
il completo annichilimento della percezione uman
Review by Myrrthronth
Dark Tribe - In Jeraspunta - Die Rückkehr ... CD (Black Hate Productions)
Meinungen wie "Diese Combo ist wohl grad erst draufgekommen, dass es
neben den bekannten Vielverdienern Dimmu Borgir und Cradle Of Filth
doch noch einen anderen, weit weniger süßlichen Bereich im Schwarzstahl
gibt" wurden nach Bekanntwerden von dem vorliegenden Album laut, sowohl
von Freunden als auch von betriebsinternen Kollegen. Allzu schade, dass
ich mich mit diesem Kommentar aber sowas von überhaupt nicht anfreunden,
geschweige denn einfach so stehen lassen kann, dazu fehlt es Dark Tribe
einfach an dem üblichen Durchschnittsauftreten/-einstellung, welches
heutzutage in dieser Sparte leider gang und gäbe scheint. Fangen wir
mal von hinten an: Was lässt ein Werk wie "In Jeraspunta" beim Hörer
an Emotionen zurück, sobald die Platte das Ende erreicht hat? Grenzenlose
Verwunderung über das gerade eben erlebte Klangszenario, mitunter fühlt
man sich ausgepeitscht, Zustände wie nach einer Selbstgeißelung kommen
in den Sinn. Wenn das Werk mit einer geisteskranken Hymne wie "Nothing
As Darkness" beginnt, wird dem Hörer klar, dass dies kein weiteres Opus
von der Stange ist: Alle drei Mitglieder machen ihrem Ärger nicht im
herkömmlichen Stil Luft, sie bedienten sich angeblich sogar einer "Rekonstruktion
einer toten, archaischen Sprache, welche weit vor den indogermanischen
Einflüssen angewandt wurde" - in der Tat verstehe ich kein einziges
Wort, was laut Gruppe auch angesichts der empfundenen Gefühle unmöglich
erschien. Die Akteure wechseln sich untereinander ab, fernab jeglicher
Gesangsmelodien oder -rhythmen treiben sie ihre Stimmbänder an den Rand
der totalen Überbelastung. Krächzen, Keifen, Wehklagen, Schreien - alle
Extreme kommen hier zusammen. Was den Songs dennoch eine Art Ordnung
verleiht, ist das sehr ansprechende Instrumentalgewand: Wahnsinnige,
abgehackte, amelodische Melodien treffen auf Schlagzeugarbeiten vom
Feinsten. Je öfter der geneigte Hörer die Ehre hat, "In Jeraspunta"
aus den Lautsprechern schallen zu lassen, desto eher bekommt er das
Gefühl, einem zeremoniellen Ritual beizuwohnen, welches in einer anderen
Welt stattfindet, fernab von jeder menschlichen Semizivilisation. Kurzum:
Das Gesamtbild, in welchem ferner die formidable Produktion eine große
Rolle spielt, stimmt. Nach einigen dutzend Durchläufen verliert aber
selbst solch ein brachiales Eisen wie "IJ-DRdtB" an seiner ursprünglichen
Magie. Es fällt schwer, das zweite Machwerk der Kunrauer treffend und
vor allem präzise zu beschreiben, da es eine Langrille darstellt, die
jedem einzelnen etwas anderes sagt, sprich höchst unterschiedliche Reaktionen
auslöst. Trotzdem oder gerade deswegen sehe ich mich quasi verpflichtet,
die drei Recken mächtigst zu belohnen - sie haben es schließlich geschafft,
nach so kurzer Truppenexistenz ein derart intensives Hörerlebnis zu
erschaffen, das anderen Bands nie gelingen wird.
Review by Metallized IT
Dark Tribe - In Jeraspunta - Die Rückkehr ... CD (Black Hate Productions)
Si puo’ andare oltre il dolore? Si puo’ scomporlo in mille pezzi per
ricreare un anima? E’ possibile calcolare freddamente un suono anarchico,
fatto di nessuna apertura, di nessuna speranza e di assoluto vuoto?
I Dark Tribe, con questo In jeraspunta - Die Rückkehr der tollwütigen
Bestie, vanno ben oltre la soglia del dolore spezzato e si creano un
cammino tutto loro. Enthroning Silence, Forgotten Tomb, Noctiferia,
Deathspell Omega, Clandestine Blaze, Faustcoven, Shining, Leviathan,
Ondskapt, Craft, Watain, Abyssic Hate, Weltmatch, Xasthur e Sargeist.
Il depressive-necro black metal piu’ marcio e piu’ saturo di scompostezza
sonora che esista, porta con se, sotto la sua oscura ala protettrice,
questo nero combo, che piu’ nero non si puo’. Un artwork minimale all’estremo,
fiamme in chiaro scuro su uno sfondo oltraggiosamente buio. Nichilismo
messo in musica, reso piacente e consapevole. Chiariamoci subito: questo
disco e’ per ben pochi eletti. Nel senso, che e’ di difficilissimo ascolto,
e se non si hanno certe basi estreme (Shining, Ondskap ed Enthroning
Silence su tutti) la situazione potrebbe subito sfuggire di mano. Come
nel nichilismo, i Dark Tribe negano l'esistenza di valori e di realtà
comunemente ammessi. Questa non e’ musica da ascoltare tranquillamente.
Qui bisogna apprendere le lezioni dei “maestri oscuri” citati in precedenza,
bisogna, come dire, avere un background musicale al limite dell’estremo.
La musica di In jeraspunta - Die Rückkehr der tollwütigen Bestie ci
pone davanti all’essenza del reale. E qui riprendiamo le tematiche tanto
care al nichilismo piu’ puro: l'uomo può liberarsi solo cessando di
volere la vita e il volere stesso, per abbracciare il nulla. Il nulla,
appunto…per molti questo ascolto (se avrete la fortuna di trovarlo in
circolazione) non rappresentera’ altro che rumore scarno e urla indistinte.
Per chi invece, come me, trova nel black piu’ estremo una giusta collocazione
visiva e mentale, allora potra’ dedicare anima e cuore (…ma quale cuore?)
all’ascolto. Perche’ la glacialita’ trasmessa da brani come l’opener
Nothing as darkness, The unknown light, Burning hate, Die Rückkehr der
tollwütigen Bestie o In Jeraspunta, e’ assolutamente reale e perche’
sono davvero pochi i gruppi che si sono spinti oltre. Estremizzare le
idee degli Shining…ce ne vuole!! Il cantato sembra uscire da un fabbrica
post-atomica in disuso, urla laceranti e sgraziate si riversano lungo
tutto il disco, un riffing ripetitivo e depressivo fino all’ossessione,
si materializza dando un senso pieno al nulla. Qui, il nulla è. L'unica
verità è la verità del nulla…Insomma, un consiglio da amico. Prima,
ascoltate alcuni pezzi da qualche parte, e se amate il genere e la vostra
mente si ritiene pronta a tutto, allora provateci. Ma non dite che non
vi avevo avvertito.
Tracklist: 1. Nothing as Darkness 2. The seed 3. The unknown light 4. Crimson storm 5. Iron Grave 6. Burning hate 7. The seed is rising 8. In Jeraspunta 7. The seed is rising 8. Die Rückkehr der tollwütigen Bestie 9. In Jeraspunta |
