History & Biography The band was formed by singer Hate Rodvitnesson and guitarist Gaut as Blasphemy in 1989 as a black metal act, albeit with keyboards. At first Hate was both the singer and the drummer. The monicker was changed wit a full line-up. The group moved slowly issuing two demos in 1993 (the unreleased In Sorrow) and 1996 (Sorgvinter). A debut album came out in 1997, but a demo called A Dark Journey was issued in 1998. This lead to a deal with Napalm Records of Austria which took on the band and its female vocals and keyboards sound.
Provenance Of Cruelty, which was co-mixed by Samoth of Emperor (the Emperor members were recording their own IX Equilibrium at the same studio as well), was followed by the re-release of the band’s debut by the new label. The debut was also announced for reappearance through Moribund Cult. Nocturno Culto of Darkthrone contributed lyrics. The group gave a concert alongside Emperor and Odium in Oslo. The band had asserted the French Embassy Productions had ripped it off. The Complex Bewitchment was entitled Utter Inferior Millennium initially. Suicide - produced by Peter Tägtgren and issued in July - was prophetic in that it ended up being the band’s end. A bassist called Mefistofeles had joined towards the end.
Mactätus is Latin for slaughter and immolation. The band claimed Herr Bukkefot was involved in church burnings. Both Forn and former member Istar formed and played in another band called Svartahrid.
Reviews MACTATUS - BLOT - CRAZINESS MUSIX
There is scant little information about this band which is just as well because this way the focus is on the music. The quintet is Norwegian and the style is evident just by looking at the face paint and the flames in the photographs. The sound is a hard one to describe though. On the one hand it is the typical, by-the-numbers black metal emulated so effectively across the galaxy. On the other hand there are no direct comparisons at hand other than the fact that the act sounds like an Adipocere one. It is obvious that the band features adept musicians, a fact only ruined by the presence of the ever-annoying synthesizers all over the place. Once more real men are separated from the posers. As such, this is for fans of Emperor et al. - Ali "The Metallian"
MACTATUS - SUICIDE - NAPALM
Suicide is the fourth album of these derivative and keyboard-damaged
rogue
males from Norway. Kill yourself. Every Norwegian band strives to be
Emperor
and, guess what, they all have succeeded. Kill yourself. One band is
weaker
and more pompous than the other. Kill yourself. Content-wise the band
delivers many harmonies and is lead by a screeching singer who wails as
he
raises his fist against the heavens. Kill yourself. The vocals are
quite
easy to decipher despite their brutal nature and a listener bent on the
lyrics can understand much if listening intently. Kill yourself. All
that
aside, the intrusive and keyboard-induced melodies cast doubts upon the
band's seriousness. Kill yourself. The band is indeed speed-oriented
and has
obtained a sharp guitar sound courtesy of Peter and the Abyss Studio.
Kill
yourself. Furthermore, there are strong and theme-related front and
back
cover photos on the CD. Kill yourself. Yet together, the latter two
positives don't quite negate the pompous and trendy elements amassed
here
and do little to redeem the band and album. You know what to do.
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