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Tucson Hispanic Chamber of Commerce announces CyraCom International Inc.'s growth and job creation.
CyraCom International, an industry leading language services provider, was recently recognized in the Star 200 survey by the Arizona Daily Star as the 2nd fastest growing company in Southern Arizona. The company provides paid training for bilingual speakers to become professional interpreters, one of the fastest growing careers in the country, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. The company provides interpretation in over 170 languages, with Spanish, Mandarin, Vietnamese, Korean and Russian being the most frequently used.
"Organic job creation is not easy in today's economic climate," stated Lea Marquez-Petersen, CEO of the Tucson Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. "The Tucson Hispanic Chamber is excited to see companies create jobs within Southern Arizona."
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"Tucson's diversity is a fundamental aspect of our culture and economy, and it's a source of our economic strength and competitiveness,"
CyraCom International was founded in 1995 in Tucson, where its headquarters are located. The majority of shareholders are local investors that have seen the company's inclusion in the Inc. 5000 listing of fastest growing companies in 2007, 2009 and 2010. "CyraCom is a home-grown success story, born and bred right here in Tucson," stated Joe Snell, President and CEO of Tucson Regional Economic Opportunities, Inc., commonly known as TREO. "The company continues to win awards and reach its goals for growth and job creation, and TREO has been proud to work with the management team on their expansion plans. CyraCom shows us that entrepreneurship and drive are alive and well, right here in Southern Arizona."
"We are so proud to be able to offer jobs in Tucson," said Raquel A. Moreno-Blake, VP of Human Resources for CyraCom International. "We are looking forward to continued growth and are exploring options to expand beyond our current call centers in Tucson and Las Cruces, NM."
For additional information on available positions, please visit www.cyracominternational.com/
About CyraCom International
CyraCom International, Inc. is a diversified language services company that provides innovative language services including Over-the-Phone Interpretation (OPI), Translation and Localization, Video Remote Interpretation (VRI), On-Site Interpretation, and Testing and Training. CyraCom International is the 2nd largest provider of OPI in the world, according to Industry reports, and was named to the Inc. 5000 list of fastest growing private companies in the U.S in 2007, 2009, and 2010. Founded in 1995, and based in Tucson, Arizona, CyraCom International provides language services to over 2,500 clients in healthcare, business and government.
CyraCom International operates through CyraCom, which services healthcare markets, and Voiance, which services all other markets.
About the Tucson Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
The Tucson Hispanic Chamber of Commerce drives economic development, advances Hispanic businesses, and provides helpful access to the important Hispanic consumer and business markets. Founded in 1989, the Tucson Chamber represents more than 750 dynamic businesses that advance our local and state economies. Visit www.tucsonhispanicchamber.org to learn of upcoming events and membership. For more information:
About TREO (Tucson Regional Economic Opportunities, Inc.)
TREO offers an integrated approach of programs and services to support the creation of high wage jobs through the attraction of new primary companies and the expansion of existing primary companies. Since 2005, TREO has facilitated the relocation and/or expansion of nearly 40 companies in the Tucson region, representing over 10,550 jobs and $2 billion in economic impact. For more information, visit www.treoaz.org.
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For less than a month before I go back to work, I was able to complete things I will be needed for my breastfeeding journey. I heard raves about Babymama for its breastfeeding products thru Girltalk and Facebook so I gave it a try. Good thing in Babymama, you could try the unit first before purchase plus you would know which size fits for you especially for the flange size. So together with my MIL, we went to Babymama's office to buy my first breast pump. We chose Spectra 9+ over Spectra M1 for its sleek design, who would want to bring big and heavy machine everywhere you go right? And obviously, Spectra 9+ is their latest model. I will make a separate blog on this one. We bought it for 9,000php and it came with two feeding bottles. We also bought the Spectra breastmilk storage bags for 280php (30pcs/box).
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Credit Union Failed a Year Ago Saturday Franklin Figures Working and Waiting - Nov 5, 1989 - Omaha World-Herald
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Nov 5, 1989 Credit Union Failed a Year Ago Saturday Franklin Figures Working and Waiting; [Sunrise Edition] Robert Dorr. Omaha World - Herald. Omaha, Neb. pg. 1.B
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Franklin Failure: One Year Later
A year after Franklin Community Federal Credit Union failed, the lifestyle of its chief executive is more modest, and the phone at his food catering concern has been disconnected.
The one-year anniversary of the Omaha credit union's closing by federal authorities passed quietly Saturday.
The trial of Lawrence E. King Jr., Franklin's manager and treasurer, and his wife, Alice, is scheduled to start April 1.
King was indicted last May on 40 counts charging him with conspiracy, fraud and income tax evasion. His wife was indicted on 12 counts of conspiracy and fraud. They have pleaded innocent.
Altogether, $39 million in Franklin funds disappeared, officials say. The federal grand jury's indictment charges that $10.2 million went to support the lifestyle of the King family from 1984 until last Nov. 4.
The Kings have been forced to move from their spacious home in a wooded area north of Omaha into a two-story frame house at 2021 Wirt St. that housed the King catering business.
King, 45, who once drove a Mercedes Benz and rode in rented limousines, now drives an old Chevrolet.
He has lost his businesses, one by one.
King, former co-owner of Akasaka Restaurant in the ParkFair shopping mall downtown, has been out of that operation since last November, the other owner said.
The former Cafe Carnavale, 7555 Pacific St., has closed and reopened under a new name and new owner.
The Showcase Lounge, 2229 Lake St., closed and was reopened under an operator who has an agreement with the court-appointed receiver of King's assets.
King continued to run the King Co., his food and beverage catering concern, for several months. However, persons acquainted with him say he has done little, if any, catering recently.
King has been doing various tasks at Ames Florist & Landscaping, at 3929 Ames Ave. and 2526 Cuming St., owner Otha Council said last week.
"Larry helps out on a volunteer basis," Council said.
The National Credit Union Administration, the federal agency that regulates and insures credit unions, has put the former King house on North River Road on the market for $295,000.
The credit union got its money by selling certificates of deposit over the phone to investors around the nation. The investors were paid high rates of interest, and they were told they couldn't lose because Franklin had federal deposit insurance.
The CDs were sold by independent brokers and by in-house "boiler room" salesmen, federal officials said.
Franklin required $9 million in new money simply to pay interest on existing CDs from 1984 through 1988 and to pay off CDs that weren't renewed, the indictment says.
Robert Fenner of Washington, D.C., NCUA general counsel, said in Omaha last week that he has become convinced the missing $39 million in Franklin money is mostly spent.
Fenner said he bases that conclusion on:
- The results of an item-by-item analysis of Franklin's income and outgo from 1984 through 1988. That analysis didn't leave any large, unexplained amount that might have been hidden.
- A pattern at Franklin through the years of money coming in barely fast enough to meet immediate spending needs.
The NCUA probably won't extend its financial study to cover any years before 1984 because the chances of learning anything significant are small and wouldn't justify the cost, Fenner said.
Franklin's chief accountant, E. Thomas Harvey Jr., who became the credit union's computer mastermind, and his mother, Mary Jane Harvey, have pleaded guilty to bank fraud and tax evasion.
Mrs. Harvey, a retired staff member in the Presbyterian Church's Omaha office, was a friend of the Kings and an early volunteer helper at Franklin.
The Harveys admitted embezzling $1 million from Franklin between 1984 and the time the credit union was closed. They have cooperated with prosecutors and are expected to testify at the Kings' trial.Face Prison Terms
The Harveys might not be sentenced until after the Kings' trial, some persons close to the case said.
The Harveys are expected to be sentenced under federal sentencing guidelines, and both face prison terms. Depending on several variables in the sentencing formula, Harvey could receive from 41 months to 87 months in prison. Mrs. Harvey could face from 33 months to 71 months.
The federal grand jury also indicted three former Franklin employees who sold CDs: Robert Morley of Ashland, Neb., Noel Seltzer of 3806 Patterson St. and Larry J. Murray of 4001 N. 42nd St.
Morley pleaded guilty to filing two false tax returns and is to be sentenced Dec. 1. Seltzer and Murray pleaded innocent to tax evasion charges.
Franklin was begun in 1968 as a way to help low-income people who had trouble establishing credit elsewhere. At first, it struggled to stay afloat. King took over management in 1970 and seemed to be the miracle worker the credit union needed.
Opinions differ about how King ran Franklin in those early days.
Mrs. Harvey began doing volunteer tasks at Franklin in 1970, when the work force consisted of King and one other person.
Very Sincere Person'
"I still believe that Larry, in those days, was a very sincere person operating on a shoestring," Mrs. Harvey has said.
Richard Deppe, who did volunteer bookkeeping for Franklin in the early 1970s, said he never saw anything that made him question King's honesty.
"He was very personable, very persuasive," Deppe said, adding that he believes that King "was honest at that point in time."
But accountant H.C. "Harry" Hall said last week that he discovered questionable practices when he did a partial audit of the credit union in 1972.
Franklin funds were used to buy groceries, Hall said. He was told the food went for events intended to attract donations and deposits. But food was bought too often to be explained by an occasional public relations event, he said.
Also, Hall said, documentation was inadequate for writing off as uncollectible 22 loans totaling $20,000. The loans were shown individually by number but not by name. He said he asked King for names and was given a couple of names but not all.
Hall noted in his report that Franklin wasn't following proper loan procedures. He turned over his report to King and isn't certain what happened to it, he said.
Took Concerns to Member
Hall said he took his concerns to one Franklin board member, but he doesn't believe that had any results.
The people running Franklin needed Hall's audit because they were seeking federal depositors' insurance, Hall said.
"I remember thinking, 'They're never going to get it,' " he said.
But Franklin did get federal insurance in 1973. Hall said he never again was asked to do an audit of Franklin.
The NCUA has said the fraud at Franklin began in the mid-1970s, when funds in dormant accounts were used to pay expenses that couldn't be covered otherwise.
How did King get prominent business and political leaders to lend their names and their time as volunteers on behalf of Franklin?
Fenner and Rep. Peter Hoagland, D-Neb., said King was persuasive, he appeared successful and Omahans wanted to help a worthy cause.
"He fooled a lot of people," Fenner said.
Among the Omahans who did volunteer tasks were former Mayor Walt Calinger, a member of Franklin's board of directors for several months; World-Herald Publisher Harold W. Andersen, who headed a Franklin volunteer advisory board several years ago and led Franklin's building fund drive; and former Rep. Hal Daub, who served on the advisory board for a year.
Important Lesson
NCUA Regional Director J. Leonard Skiles of Austin, Texas, has said that no one ever asked NCUA officials to go easy on Franklin, but the agency's examiners were aware that top political and business leaders supported King and Franklin.
Fenner and Hoagland said that perhaps the most important lesson of the Franklin failure is that the NCUA must never again relax its supervision, even if a credit union seems to merit special consideration.
The NCUA was criticized for allowing four years to pass without demanding that an audit be completed.
Hoagland said the prime duty of federal regulators is to be sure a credit union "is fully audited and on the level."
The congressman added: "They can't confuse that with a sentimental desire to keep a low-income credit union functioning. If Franklin had been a bank, the FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.) would have padlocked its doors three years earlier."
Hoagland, a U.S. House oversight subcommittee member, initiated legislation passed by Congress to correct perceived weaknesses in credit union regulation.
The measures:
- Require a credit union to obtain an audit from a certified public accountant if it is having "persistent and serious record-keeping deficiencies" or if it has not conducted a satisfactory internal audit.
- Give the NCUA additional powers to more quickly close a credit union that is close to insolvency.Tightened Procedures
Rep. Doug Bereuter, R-Neb., was a co-sponsor of the credit union provisions, which were passed as amendments to the savings and loan bailout bill.
The nation's low-income credit unions - a class that included Franklin - formerly had special permission to solicit deposits from persons living outside their defined area.
After the Franklin failure, the NCUA's board restricted low-income credit unions to having no more than 20 percent of their total assets in outside accounts.
The NCUA also tightened its procedures for examining credit unions.
"We don't think anything like this ever will go undetected again," Fenner said.
The National Credit Union Administration has put the Kings' former North River Road home on the market for $295,000. . . The Kings currently are living in a house at 2021 Wirt St., shown at right. Activity has slowed at the Franklin Building, once a financial hub of the north Omaha community . . . The building's sign shows damage.
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With all this stuff about Sabo bubbling up again, it's got me thinking about it. Yes, I still think he's dead. I had the sudden realization that Sabo's...let's just call it disappearance (for the sake of not having people flood the comments with a bunch of "he's alive" crap, repeating the same theories over and over and over), bears striking similarities to a recent event. Unless you've been living in a cave for the last two months, then you know that the former Al Qaida leader, Osama bin Ladin, was shot, killed, and buried at sea by US Navy SEALS. About a week later, Disney bought the rights to the team name (that doesn't have anything to do with anything, I just find it hilarious that they jumped on that, of all things). As with any celebrity death, there is controversy surrounding it. Is he really dead? Where's the body? Anybody got a video or picture? Not unlike Sabo. It's not the question of "is he really dead?" that intrigues me, but the similar circumstances surrounding both deaths. Don't get what I'm saying? I'll show you. Who am I talking about in this description? He was shot. He was thrown from a boat into the water. Only a select few can claim that he is truly dead. He has large groups of people who rant online about how he is still alive. If he is dead, and let's face it, he is, then he is somewhere at the bottom of the ocean, and more than likely has become fish food. I think you get my point.
Coincidence? Most likely. There was about an eleven month difference between the two events. Sabo happened first, and I highly doubt that President Obama reads One Piece, it'd be awesome if he did, but whatever. Oda can't see the future of the real world, so I'm chalking it up to an awesome coincidence.


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Alan Pardew believes Newcastle's next six Premier League games will determine whether they are serious contenders for a European spot this season.
The Magpies have proved the surprise package of the top-flight this term, with 12 wins from 26 games, playing what the manager describes as a "fast brand of front-foot football", leaving them sixth in the table heading into the business end of the campaign.
Pardew's men remain firmly in the running for a Europa League spot, while the Champions League is not beyond their reach with fourth-placed Arsenal just three points ahead.
But the manager insists he will wait to see where Newcastle are after their next six encounters, which include a trip to Emirates Stadium and a visit of Liverpool, before turning his attention to the European places.
"We are not focused on that," Pardew told The Telegraph.
"We are focused on the next six games because if we are in the running for a top six place in six games' time then we will really give it a go - whether that's the Europa League or even the Champions League.
"But the next six games are key. Now is the time when the top teams get into gear, so are we going to get into gear?"
The presence of key players such as striking ace Demba Ba and midfield stars Yohan Cabaye and Cheick Tiote has proved crucial in Newcastle's successful campaign.
But after losing talismanic Andy Carroll to Liverpool last winter, Pardew knows keeping hold of his top players could be a struggle.
"If I can keep the same group of players I wouldn't worry [about raising expectations]," he added. "But will I be able to keep my best team?
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Pardew's next test with Newcastle comes at home to Sunderland, who have enjoyed a resurgence under manager Martin O'Neill to sit ninth in the table, 10 points behind the Toon.
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Pardew hailed the work Sunderland counterpart O'Neill has done at the Stadium of Light since taking charge last December, adding: "He's done an unbelievable job.
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Zagga - Chimney Records artiste Austill Henry, known more to his fans and peers by his stage name ZAGGA, The musician had his sight set at an early age to achieve greatness within the music industry and life itself.
Born and raised in Jamaica, where he is still located in the garden parish 'St Ann', Zagga works assiduously and is determined to achieve his goals.
Zagga has been doing music from the tender age of 10. While attending Ocho Rios Primary school he was known to be knocking on desk tops with his hands to make beats that would bring out his flavor in dancehall/reggae, showcasing his marvelous talent.
His peers would all listen, dance, cheer and encourage the aspiring artist to continue doing music. Upon his advancement to Ocho Rios High School he performed in most of the school's events. "I can even recall modeling for the black history month celebration, I was Mr. Ethiopia and got 1st runner up and after modeling I ripped the stage up with a smashing performance" Zagga says.
At 12 years old moving on to 13 Zagga was introduced to hip hop/rap music by his friends "Blaze and Bolo". His first hip hop icons were DMX and slim shady and did he enjoy their music! He then started to gravitate towards hip hop, exploring it and discovering its cultures as well as the different hip hop artists and what they had to offer.
Now with all that knowledge and years of
listening, he has managed to effectively merge the style of hip hop,
dancehall/reggae and pop so that fans and veterans of the music industry
can acknowledge as well as enjoy and see the potential in it.
He released his first ever mixtape on April 1, 2011 titled "The Remix God". As the title state "The Remix God" it is filled with popular songs all remixed by Zagga, the mixtape served its purpose and gotten the attention needed as it did well on radio with a number of requests each day on popular radio stations in Jamaica such as ZIP 103 FM, HITS 92 FM and IRIE FM.
The mixtape did well not just with radio plays but with over two thousand downloads within a week of its availability along with good reviews by disc jockeys, artists and fans. Good friend of Zagga, Ruption of RD Studios has always been a listener of Zagga's music. After the unofficial release of song titled "Island Breeze" on the "Island Vibes Riddim" from Zagga's mixtape, it crossed the ears of Ruption and sparked him to pitch this song to producer Jordan McClure of Chimney Records. Not long after a meeting was called and Zagga found himself face to face with producers of Chimney Records discussing a management deal.
After such deal was finalized he has had various releases such as "Versatile in love" on the Steel Strings Riddim (September 2011), When we a meck stgeppings on the steppings riddim release by Romeich Records, his single "Change" (November 2011), "Money me want" on the Intensity Riddim (November 2011), Gimme some on the master's blend riddim released by JA productions, newly released Remember the days on chill spot riddim by chimney records, aslo worked with Dj Frass, Dj Smurf, Gesta music an Kimichi records to name a few and has been interviewed by various radio stations and appeared in newspapers.
`In the apparent future, Zagga see himself performing at many popular events, collecting Grammys, breaking records in addition to leaving monumental marks in the music industry. He quotes "The fight is only over when you win, losing is not an option!"
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At 6 p.m., Lt. Gen. Don Campbell Jr., commander of III Corps and Fort Hood, Maj. Gen. Anthony Ierardi, 1st Cavalry Division commander, Col. Patrick Sargent, Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center commander, and Andy Bird, Fort Hood deputy garrison commander, will begin a live TV town hall answering Facebook and call-in questions.
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President Muhammadu Buhari will soon announce major economic reform programmes of his administration among which include total removal of petrol and kerosene subsidy.
The reform, which will involve restructuring of nation's strategic infrastructure, is aimed at reducing the cost of governance in view of the current dwindling revenue from crude oil sales and mounting debts at both tiers of government.
Sources within the presidency told Nigerian Pilot Sunday at the weekend that part of the upcoming economic measures are: the complete removal of the contentious petrol and kerosene subsidies, pruning down of federal ministries, overhaul of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC and sale of the nation's existing refineries.
Fuel subsidy, which gulps billions of dollars every year, has been a very volatile issue in Nigeria's political economy since the mid-1980s, leading to riots and demonstrations because of the resultant increase in pump prices of petroleum products.
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On the one hand, while kerosene is officially fixed at N50 per litre, the end users pay as much as N150 despite the existence of subsidy, a case of double jeopardy for the government and consumers, but a source of massive income for marketers and fuel import contractors.
Other planned actions by President Buhari include: complete overhaul of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC and its subsidiaries, as well as pruning down of the existing 28 federal ministries to about 25.
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The committee's report which was made public, at the weekend, by an online medium 'The CableNews', also asked Buhari to privatise the nation's four refineries by adopting the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas, NLNG, as a model.
NLNG is jointly owned by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, 49 per cent, Shell Gas B.V. 25.6 per cent, Total LNG Nigeria Ltd 15 per cent and Eni International 10.4 per cent, but it is not managed by the Nigerian government, unlike the nation's refineries which are solely managed by the NNPC.
According to the Committee, these recommendations are intended to "eliminate waste and redirect resources to fuel development, growth and job creation".
Federal government currently owes oil marketers over N200 billion, a development that recently resulted in a nationwide fuel crisis as they cut down on importation.
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This is expected to raise significant revenue from asset sale, relieve the government of the burden of cash call obligations and facilitate investment for accretion of reserves. Commencing an audit of all Offshore Processing Agreements and Crude Swap Agreements entered by NNPC to identify and claim any reimbursements for excess crude lifted vis-a-vis products delivered based on a fair and transparent audit process.
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Thursday, July 20, 2017
Natrium - Vertigo of Abjection (2017)
Don't get me wrong, you can tell by the frenetic picking patterns implicit in tracks like "Vertigo of Abjection" itself that they're capable of some complexity, and they definitely have a lot of stop/start elements and clamorous riffing and percussion patterns that slightly break the formula of their influences, but you're not going to find cheap knuckle-dragging chug-offs, flamboyant and empty arpeggios flitting everywhere, or any cheap tricks whatsoever...this record is about as straightforward a beating as you're like to receive in its style, all punishment going straight through the punctuality and punch of the palm muted guitars, the truly intense dexterity of the drummer, and the deep and functional growls which reminds me quite a lot of Corpsegrinder's lower grunts in how he spits out syllables, as well as Frank Mullen's guttural depth and breadth. Bass is present at some moments more than others, especially when they go for a poppier, funky tone that stands out the most. I also noticed a little more of an interesting dissonance in the rhythm guitars than usual, not so much that it's in the majority of riffs, but enough to keep it a fraction more compelling.
The drawbacks here are few. Sometimes the vocals get monotonous. The riffs, while choppy, busy and varied enough across the eight tracks to keep you from getting bored, are rarely the sort that feel truly evil or threatening, more just a hyperactive, muscular flexing. The only atmosphere here is that of repeatedly taking a piledriver to your cranium, so you're dependent heavily on the tempos at which the guitars are pummeling along, or the busywork behind the kit which almost had my head spinning off, or the sample of Ripley from Alien Resurrection, which you'll find nestled deep at the end of "Inhuman Commodification". It's a truly blue collar, practical sort of brutal death which might lack some of the spastic, relentless, noodling ambition of a Brain Drill, or the jazzy cosmic escapism of a Decrepit Birth, but should pass muster if you've got a lot of fondness for bands like Severe Torture, Gorgasm, Deeds of Flesh, Prostitute Disfigurement, Horde Casket, and so on. Effective if not exemplary, Vertigo could certainly have gained from more leads or dissonant, higher pitched guitars, and some other means to create a creepier atmosphere, with more surprises waiting in ambush, but it's competent enough in terms of sheer concussive capacity.
Verdict: Win [7/10]
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Labels: 2017, death metal, Italy, natrium, win
Tuesday, July 18, 2017
Vietah - Czornaja ćviĺ (2015)
The structure here is laid out a lot like the previous album, with four lengthy tracks, immediately throwing up the red flags that it's going to be an uphill battle to succeed. The sound is a fairly stock atmospheric black metal, with slower, drawn own chord patterns that speak more of fell majesty and lost longing than they hell and viciousness and savagery, and this has been a hallmark of Vietah for years. Black metal for wanderers. Hermits. Erudites. You don't come here for 666 posturing and photo bombing horns over your friends' heads on social media...this is for psychic sponges that soak up the decay around them and channel it into diabolic grandeur. Antarctis takes his damn time with you and draws you slowly into each invocation, and this time out he does so with a rawer sheen on the guitars than the clarity of the last, an improvement that I acknowledge, even though I wouldn't say that the actual riff quality is far above its predecessor. It's simply a more potent, primeval feel here without sacrificing the other instruments.
Speaking of which, there are more light flourishes of keys here than on the third record, and in mid 90s Burzum way, or Lifelover on Konkurs; they help to add a strange sense of grace to the slogging epic-Bathory pace of the 10+ minute cuts. In fact, Czornaja ćviĺ attains a lot more atmosphere all around. The drums splash a little harder, which fits this rhythm guitar tone better, and the whole mix seems more resonant and resilient, like its crashing off the sides of valleys and peaks before arriving in your ears. The snarled vocals, although still very sparse and minimal, also seem more fluid with their surroundings. The record does have a tendency to focus on very slow, churning, roiling riff patterns, with some of the higher strings struck for ambiance over the chords, and also a little more of that primeval Hellhammer of their older material returns with some of the straight chugged sections. Overall, though, I think it rewards this patience more than on Tajemstvy noczy. Not enough to really justify the longer compositions, but we at least end up with a slightly superior, solid and dependable experience through the murk and fog and depression.
Verdict: Win [7/10]
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Labels: 2015, belarus, black metal, vietah, win
Friday, July 14, 2017
Vietah - Tajemstvy Noczy (2014)
Vietah is no stranger to longer tracks, with a handful populating the previous releases, but for this record it's the rule and not the exception...four tunes, 41 minutes, each ranging from 9-12 minutes individually. Now, I've gone over this many times before, that bloating up a song structure is by no means any sort of guarantee for success, and I'll say up front that Tajemstvy noczy suffers a little from this, since the riff composition isn't always so fresh or inventive that it sticks to you, and there are not nearly enough dynamics happening within the bounds of each of these behemoths, nor any sort of meandering randomness, epic ascension/descension, or any other distraction. They remain all too consistent in pacing and in being purely riff-driven works that exist on a dry, level plane, without creating a lot of tension or emotional impact. That's not to say they're all scrap-worthy, since a lot of the guitar patterns are of the caliber you might have expected on an earlier 21st century Satyricon disc, but there's no real escalation here, or any surprise lurking anywhere.
But that's not in itself a massive flaw, since there are points where the album really does work, in particular the closer "Kałyhanka dlja njabožczyka", which is no more complex than the other tunes, but has a much warmer, more addictive flavor to the melodies that most effectively captured the melancholic intentions of the material, and didn't seem to have any sort of lull in my enjoyment. I do feel that Antarctis could work a little more on the range and rasp of his vocals, here they are sparse and workmanlike, not unlike Satyr but less venomous or vibrant; but the songs might be better suited to a protracted sort of scream, or echoed effects that create a greater sense of urgency, suffering or poignancy. As it stands, everything is a little safe and dependable, and that's ultimately the reason I didn't feel like this one was as cold and affecting as its predecessor Smalisty žah. Still, it's a solid effort, and if Vietah can dial up its atmosphere, take a whetstone to its guitar lines, and maintain this level of production, then the next level could really be attained.
Verdict: Indifference [6.75/10]
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Labels: 2014, belarus, black metal, Indifference, vietah
Wednesday, July 12, 2017
Darkthrone - The Wind of 666 Black Hearts (2016)
This is the majority of A Blaze in the Northern Sky and Under a Funeral Moon, or at least 10 of their 14 tracks, but in a cruder rehearsal form that lacks some of the frostbitten force you will have come to know from the studio incarnations. Raw, Hellhammer-spawned guitar lines moving at a moderate clip, back when that was their thing, back when they had switched out of death metal mode into a style that was quite new and fresh for the time, the same style that they would become royalty for over the ensuing decades. The guitars lack some of the coldness of the LPs, and the drums are even more tinny and crashy and amateurish, the vocals a paint-peeling rasp that appear less than you'll expect them to. Leads are an unwholesome mess. I did like that you could hear the bass, it gives the jamming a nice low end anchor and some contrast with the rawer rhythm tones, but on the whole I'd say that, at much as I love these songs on the albums, they seem a little less potent and atmospheric in this format, and I say that even as someone who is constantly dragging out such old demos and gladly ignoring their flaws in the name of nostalgia.
Only collectors and purists need apply here, especially if you want to hear the band with the lineup that included Dag and Zephyrous. This isn't just some dumpy compilation of pre-released album tracks being plucked at random and sold back to you, I'll grant it that, so there is some nostalgia in that it shows the band in the buff, at its most 'vulnerable'...as if these corpse-painted Scandinavian deviants could give a fuck about vulnerability. That said, I can think of no honest reason why I'd ever spin this over the 15+ good to great to perfect Darkthrone discs I've already got in my collection, all of which benefit from a better production and atmosphere. This is just such a sincere, raw band to begin with that an even more primal package like The Wind of 666 Black Hearts can't do it much justice, the songs lack that haunting and impressively defiant feel that I experienced when listening to them back in the dawn of the 90s, and it offers little more than history.
Verdict: Indifference [5/10]
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Labels: 2016, black metal, darkthrone, Indifference, norway
Monday, July 10, 2017
Darkthrone - Burial Bliss/Visual Aggression 7" (2017)
So I'll cover this in reverse..."Visual Aggression" is a rough track, but far more potent than you'd expect from the era in which it was released, more formidable than your average lost rehearsal track or cutting floor demo, and probably wouldn't have been out of place on their death metal-oriented debut Soulside Journey. Now, it's no secret that Hellhammer and early Celtic Frost were a huge influence upon the Norwegians, both their formative death metal era and A Blaze in the Northern Sky, which could be described as a frostbitten Hellhammer taken to extremes, so to that extent this version of it is played almost too closely to the original, with the only mild disparity coming through the vocals and the bulkier mix of the guitars; but it's a nifty little piece of history regardless of whether one is going to listen to it much with the original available, and nearly any of Darkthrone's more interesting and awesome original tunes.
As for "Burial Bliss", I have to admit that it's possible this is my preferred mix for the song, a pure barbaric mid-paced crusher which is aesthetically flush with "Visual Aggression", just a little more bloody and rough-edged than the one they settled on for the full-length. It's not an amazing piece in of itself, but travels at a workmanlike pace that likely pleased a lot of fans of the old Panzerfaust or Total Death era Darkthrone, grim as fuck with no surprise twists anywhere in its five minutes. In terms of being consistent, it's actually one of the better songs they could muster to partner up with the cover, so as a result the 7" makes a lot of sense. That said, it's really not worth much if you're not in the market to collect...the cover doesn't justify itself beyond pure tribute, and the original, while a little harsher than on Arctic Thunder, is also not unique enough to go out of your way for. But if you collect everything they release, and yearn for those old, primitive days, it's borderline satisfactory.
Verdict: Indifference [5.25/10]
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Labels: 2017, black metal, darkthrone, Indifference, norway
Thursday, July 6, 2017
Selcouth - Heart is the Star of Chaos (2017)
Imagine if you will a bevy of grooving bass lines, distorted or smooth, jazzy lounge-lizard pianos and nuances, carefully threaded and mute-picked electric guitars, and a percussionist who can seamlessly cultivate all these various strains into a cohesive, tribal, rhythmic whole. Now atop this sundae of sonic eccentricity, place a vocalist who is both burly and fragile, clear and crackling, expressive and emotive and oftentimes hypnotic, like an unconscious amalgamation of Czral and David Bowie, but don't stop there...harmonize him with all manner of breathy intonations, add in an equally intriguing female singer who has a nice, modern acid jazzy nightclub vibe about her but can curve all that into a snarl when the talons come out, slightly reminiscent of Monika from the underrated Atrox. Mix the results so that no two songs quite sound alike, but all of them weave together like dyes onto a lucid canvas upon which dreamy, haze-like states are being translated directly from musical brain patterns into actual, audible sounds. I know of no real other way to accurately describe this Selcouth record, it's essentially an reverse explosion of shattered fragments back into an introspective mirror, a chaos made congenial by its weavers' ability to reign it all into a drugged warmth.
It's bloody fucking awesome...
and it's all about the details haunting almost every moment of the recording. Those frenetic little guitar licks driving the 'verses' of "Querencia", or the pluggy, bemused but strangely threatening bass-lines crawling and scaling along beneath the lush keys and strings "Of Hopes and Lost Treasures". Or even when the band lets its 'extreme metal' (ooooo) roots through in "Below Hope" and then STILL manages to weird them out to oblivion and back. I can't say that every single lick or vocal line is equally poignant or impressive, but considering what a wide span of influences they bring forth, from the old and cheesy operatic Gothic auras to the nuanced, almost improvisational jazz beats and textures, this debut is nothing less than a monster of creativity, a Frankenstein of mind-fucking experiments in rock, rampaging across its cosmos, yet never so out-of-control that the mad scientists which created it lose their leash on the lightning that gave it life. Certifiable, and certifiably cool at the same time.
Verdict: Epic Win [9.25/10]
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Labels: 2017, avant-garde, Epic Win, finland, jazz, progressive metal, selcouth
Tuesday, July 4, 2017
Antichrist - Sinful Birth (2017)
This is essentially a pure, undiluted window into what an alternate timeline brand of blackened, sickening speed/thrash would have sounded like were it released back in the mid 80s. That's not to say it couldn't have existed in our own continuum, because the influences are worn upon its bloody sleeves like so many dripping spike-bracers. Slayer, Venom, Possessed, Kreator, Bathory, and Kill 'Em All era Metallica all stroll into a bar together to watch a band called Dark Angel performing Darkness Descend, and then some unholy, drunken amalgamation of those bands' rosters go back to a nearby jam space and try to replicate and record what they heard...in the process managing to one-up just about everything I loved about their individual sounds. If I hadn't already been exposed to hard rock and heavy metal since an age shortly after I could potty, a record like Sinful Birth would have made a convert out of me every. damn. time. Vicious, unforgiving, like trying to balance on the edge of a razorblade through almost its entire playtime, and possessed of an absolute disregard for just about anything that is currently cool, polished, or comfortable.
That's not to say it's the heaviest fucking metal you're going to hear anytime soon, but Antichrist, more than any other throwback thrash band, really feel like it belongs to the era it draws upon for its inspiration. These guys aren't trite, or trendy, nor are they sloppy. Buzzing guitars flurry past at a rate of nearly ZERO forgettable riffing progressions, with something even more exciting than the verses always waiting within their eaves, and leads that perfectly match the unhinged, frenetic pacing. A drumming performance that is arguably the MVP here...stacked to the roof with bruising beats, crazy fills, and militant cadences often used to escalate something like "The Entity", which is almost like a John Carpenter composition filtered through electric guitars and savagery. The bass lines might seem like the rear-guard to this formation, and they do their support duty well, but you can constantly hear them pounding and thumping away right up front in the mix and it just generates even more of a hellish, pugilistic atmosphere to a record that only lets up when it wants to surprise you, like in the melodic bridge of "Black Pharaoh" which sounds worthy of top shelf Deceased and would probably do even King Fowley a proud.
The one contentious element I've seen thrown about the intertronz are Steken's vocals, which seem to spoil the experience for some listeners...but not this one. The guy sounds absolutely volatile, oozing sinister and awesome serial killer lyrics all over the guitars, with a timbre that I could really only compare to vintage Don Doty excesses vomited out over Tom Araya's syllabic structures. Raving, barking mad, the antithesis of most thrash and death metal bands that place it safe with overbearing, overproduced gutturals and barks that sound like they're practically automated. No, Anton Sunesson is the real goddamn deal, a front man that I can instantly distinguish from the herd, and even though he doesn't exactly have the widest array of tricks in his repertoire, he doesn't need them, because this violence sounds sincere, and that ultimately lends Sinful Birth its timeless quality of dirtnap speed/thrash godliness, and if you don't agree I will gladly tear your patches off your sleeves and throw you in front of a train. Okay, I wouldn't do that, in reality I'm a pussycat, but listening to Antichrist MAKES ME WANT TO, and that counts for something. A lot.
Verdict: Epic Win [9.5/10] (the hunger is too strong)
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Labels: 2017, antichrist, Epic Win, sweden, thrash metal
Thursday, June 29, 2017
Damnation - Resist (2000)
The record is essentially a lot of jerky, tremolo picked rhythms with a lot of stop/start patterns that are capitalized on by the drumming, which is likely the most intense and audible across their career. The vocals follow the David Vincent style of intonation, harsh and guttural, nihilistic barks, but with the advantage of being a good decade later than our inauguration to that style, so they're a little more muscular in nature, though the patterns are often quite as sloppy, vaguely following the rhythmic patterns beneath them, giving their implementation a little more of an unhinged, asylum aesthetic which actually suits the music well. Never before have I heard the Damnation guitars this clearly, and while the wealth of the progressions they write are nothing terribly nuanced or special, they really dig into those strings here, with some of their most involved and rapid fire patterns, not to mention some of the best, wild lead lines they'd used to this point. The bass guitar also keeps a pretty solid presence in the mix, though it does get buried beneath the snare, fills, vocals and rhythm guitar whenever they are all firing off together into one of the more intense sequences.
Resist does lack some of the suffocating atmosphere of the sophomore Rebel Souls, and I also feel it comes up slightly short of that album in overall memorability, but note for note they are pretty close, with this, the band's swan song depicting their most intricate guitar work with a carnal clarity. The riffs do possess a variety I had not heard before, with a little bit of a clinical thrash element there in the intro to "Absence in Humanity", and some other tracks which reach slightly outside the comfort zone. Dark, ambient passages like "Voices of an Unknown Dimension" help lend a sense of evil and gravity to the track list, though the electronic and sounds used seem a little claptrap and cheesy, and most of them are embedded into the metal tracks without much of a strong purpose. The simple fact of the matter is that Damnation were a band reaching for something, and while they arguably got there in the 90s, they had more to their material than the already dulling proto brutal death and gore being pimped; a fusion of old school aesthetics with a slight regional spin. No, they weren't writing on the level of Vader or Behemoth or other countrymen, and it makes some sense that they got lost in the shuffle, but overall they had a good run as a solid second tier act which can still evoke a little darkness if you listen to them in the proper mindset. Rebel Souls and Resist were a pretty convincing one-two punch combo for such an unknown.
Verdict: Win [7.75/10]
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Labels: 2000, damnation, death metal, poland, win
Tuesday, June 27, 2017
Spellbound - Nothing But the Truth (2015)
Nothing But the Truth accomplishes all of these to an extent, while rarely cocking up the formula that structures its more successful songs, a trait that sadly eluded the older efforts, which had only a scant handful of memorable cuts at best. The riffing is powerful, albeit familiar enough that a lot of the individual progressions will remind you of this or that and then twist it slightly away from the pure predictability a lot of us dread when listening to today's latest wave of pizza-thrashers. The leads here are very well balanced to offer an emotional payoff without completely outdistancing the blue collar, 'mellow' or melodic, mid-paced thrash rhythms that make up the bulk of the play length. When they pick up the thrust, you're remind purely of the picking patterns made famous by bands like Exodus, Testament or Metallica, but the overall mood here is 'steady wins the race', and that can often give this a laid back feel, sort of similar to New England's own Meliah Rage, only I feel like the writing here is a little more optimistic and immediately sticky on the ear. Reinforcing that comparison are the vocals of David Maier, melodic and edgy in the Hetfield vein which front men like Mike Munro, Chuck Billy and Mat Maurer ran off with.
The guitars sound great on this album, clear for the various leads, melodies and excess rock hero squeals while potent and punchy enough for a pit of intoxicated 40-somethings reliving their glory days, which I'd imagine might be the primary audience for this band, or those younglings who are trying to emulate that demographic. I happen to be among that first crowd, only somewhat less intoxicated on an average day, so I felt the pangs of nostalgia. Bass isn't a strong point here, but enough else is going on that you'll be distracted away from noticing, especially when the dozen or so really strong guitar riffs set off, forcing more replay value than I would have expected from my experience with either Nemesis 2665 or Incoming Destiny. There are a few slight misfires here, like the obligatory power-thrash ballad "Dying in the Dirt" which doesn't quite hit the payoff it wants to, however they aren't quite awful, and easily forgiven by the wealth of improvements they've made elsewhere. If you're into the more accessible spectrum of trad metal-tinted thrash I've mentioned above, or younger bands like Evile and After All, then this one is worth a listen.
Verdict: Win [7.25/10]
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Labels: 2015, Germany, spellbound, thrash metal, win
Thursday, June 22, 2017
Damnation - Coronation EP (1997)
The mix is set at about the same level of epic murk as its predecessor, with the roiling guitars that just seethe along beneath the broader, guttural growls that crown the experience. The drums are tinny and on the lower side of the audibility range here, but it comes together like decent underground Euro death from its day and age, and one can't expect so much more. As for the riff structures, they are generally fast-paced and give off a similar Morbid Angel vibe that they'd done on the full-lengths, only some of the chord progressions used on these tunes most remind me of the Altars of Madness era, which happens to be my favorite from Trey and company. Atmospherics are still used with some sparse use of organ-like synth tones ("Spell Master") or a turbulent ambiance (intro to the title cut), so in that way they keep in line with their vision on the earlier records, and I also found that the lead work and melodic accompaniment here was kept at just the right ratio to keep the material from growing dull, because honestly not a lot of these riffs are that amazing to begin with.
The compositions do feel a fraction cluttered, especially (and sadly) on "Spell Master", but I feel that there's enough going on through the tracks, enough of a vibrant, hellish energy that it doesn't mar the quality terribly. Also, there's a big contrast between the business of the guitars and the vocals, which are almost all delivered with those broader phrasings. The bass tone has a good distortion on it but still seems to bury itself once the writhing guitars are on full thrust, and ultimately I think this EP exhibits the consistency of Rebel Souls, while slightly suffering from the clamor of Reborn... I also can't say I'd listen to it over either of those albums, but like the debut it does a moderate job of putting you into that 90s headspace, before production values were heavily polished and when death metal still maintained a natural, evil vibe to it that wasn't nostalgia-borne, but carried the genuine, black pulse of that formative age. Damnation is no Vader, but they'll do in a pinch if you want to dance on tombstones while you're sloshing your brain with vodka.
Verdict: Indifference [6.5/10]
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Labels: 1997, damnation, death metal, Indifference, poland
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