Four years after the last full-length record "Tyons", the occult Australians of Spear of Longinus let you know something new. With the new record Nothing is forever, and, forever is nothing Spear of Longinus present an opus, continuing the "Tyons" style extensively.

Nothing is forever, and, forever is nothing isn't so rocky yet as its predecessor. With the very first track it's audible and perceptible, that the newest material is turned out harder and more metallic. This occasionally matters to the sound, being less space-filling and powerful, for that possess certain sterility. This indescribable and unique stylistic of "Tyons" is continued, too. It has numerous different conditioned instrumental passages, structured maintainly dragging. Nothing is forever, and, forever is nothing isn't only slow, sluggish and rocky. Songs as Adams Curse or That Blazing Star come along in fast and rumbling rhythm, just acting confused and disordered. But this exactly is the typical playing, extending through the complete record. Spear Of Longinus thoroughly develop in this fast passages a hard and brutal atmosphere, being sometimes catching, too.

Who likes "Tyons" will definitely be pleased with the new record. The amiable playful freedom of the predecessor is yielded to an ordered structure. But not even the material has been harder in itself. The guitars also are played distortedly and thoroughly sounds are automatically more brute and so more metallic. The new opus totally let be compared with the "Tyons" song The Sine of Satan is 56 , being the most aggressive track there.

Folks not knowing Spear of Longinus yet probably will have problems getting access to the material. Nevertheless the music is worthy engaging with it exhaustively. Spear of Longinus works without competition.


Aceust


(Translation: G.P.)

01. Knowledge of the cause and effect of fear
02. Robot seig. Form and function
03. Better of dead
04. Hokus pokus
05. Sumer gods
06. Adams curse
07. Brothers wyrd
08. The blazing star
09. Venus. (People of the flame) I saw him
10. The death of because and other crapulous creeds
11. End as thou began. Deathray
12. Thou dost wax, good; strong! Oh king of Lucis
13. Hades


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