I had read a lot of Armageddon Holocaust reviews so I kind of knew what to expect when I got this. Besides Horde, there isn't a lot of good Christian black metal cds out there so I wanted to see how this measured up. "Apokalyptic Metal" is an accurate depiction of the music and lyrics. Very raw and nasty black metal in the vein of Dark Funeral, Horde and other old-school bands. Basically if you are one of those elitist people that turn their noses up to all the newer black metal bands and say, "that's not true black metal" or "false metal must die" or whatever then you will have to get this because in my opinion this is black metal in the spirit and style of the roots of the genre. Not to say that the lyrics are satanic like a lot of the black metal stuff was back then but just in the attitude of "we are faster, we are more extreme". The vocals are high-pitched and gurgly from the back of the throat like Horde. The drums are programmed and inhumanly fast-I would have preferred a real drummer because the drums play the same beat throughout the whole cd-or so it seems. The guitars are simply played but for the most part succeed in creating a grim atmosphere while the guitar solos (courtesy of Jeff Arwadi of Kekal) are awesome! They are the one things that really stood out for me, especially on "The Seven Churches of Apokalypse" and "Feasting Upon the Kings Corpses". Very extreme solos! Lyrically if you like the direction a lot of Christian death metal bands went in the early-mid 90's with themes of judgment/destruction, you will appreciate this because all the lyrics are centered around Revelation, an account of the destruction of earth from the Bible (read it!). This purchase is really up to you-some tracks are killer, some are filler-but for the lover of Christian black metal, odds are you'll like this.
6.5/10
Other coverage for this album
Art for the Ears 2000Reviewed by Marco PovervestDestruction Metal is what they call it themselves. Armageddon Holocaust appears to be a project of the combined forces of the Dark Doktor (from Bealiah) and the Dark Thriller, both from Indonesia. What they've made is an extreme black metal piece consisting of twelve tracks describing the darker moments of human history yet to come. The production by Jefray Arwadi (from Kekal) is…Dead Zine 2000Reviewed by NecRoSarXThis is probably for the serious black metal fans only. And when I say "black metal", I mean the classic shrill, bombastic guitar-and-drum attack melded with the spooky black metal shriek typical of Horde and Kekal. Which means, if you're into the diversity and artistic neo-black metal that Extol and Vaakevandring craft, then you might get a bit bored with Armageddon Holocaust. Anyway, the…Dead Zine 2000Reviewed by GrindboyLet me start by saying that I'm glad I waited a bit to review this, because it has grown on me quite a bit since my first listen. While a long way from a black metal classic, this album is better than it sounds. The guitar sound on this disc is very thin, the drum machine is as annoying as possible, and just on the whole this is not a professional sounding recording. All that almost made me miss…Dead Zine 2000Reviewed by D_ListerTHT Productions brings us a CD...finally. A full length CD in a pretty nice looking insert by an extremely extreme Black Metal band called Armageddon Holocaust. Production quality here is very low, ala Horde type, but the music is seriously cutting edge. Yes the face of Christian black metal is changing and it's bands like this that are forging ahead. 12 tracks of self proclaimed "Apokalyptic…Similar sounding releases
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