Best Black Metal Review

By: Eric Durant
Sept 18th 2013

VON – Dark Gods: Seven Billion Slaves Album Review

VON has and always will represent a divergent genre in the black metal scene. The band VON has managed a feat nobody could expect, being avant-garde in a genre they themselves created back in 1991 with the release of their demo Satanic Blood. Unlike most black metal acts who try to portrait archaic and stereotypical elements of “darkness”, VON offers instead an unabashed atmospheric vileness to anyone willing to listen. Music to hear rather than imagery to the ego is what separates VON from the rest of the black metal scene. And it’s also the case with this album Dark Gods: Seven Billion Slaves. Being the first opus of the Dark Gods trilogy, Seven Billion Slaves rose to fame quite rapidly considering the extreme and underground nature of the music. Like any VON masterpiece, the stylistic approach to music relies on heavy distortion and drowning atmospheric riffs to accompany the listener on a journey to darkness and despair. Unlike the debut album Satanic Blood however, this album portrays a raw sound of agony rather than the barbaric and ritualistic pounding of notorious tracks such as “Devil Pig” or “Watain”. Ultimately, Seven Billion Slaves is the rebirth of a genre decrepit by conformism and commercial “try-hardism”. While the music might differ greatly from the old school days of Satanic Blood, the atmosphere and message remain the same.

(Source: bestblackmetal.wordpress.com)

VON - Dark Gods: Seven Billion Slaves (Open Edition) (Digital Album)

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Cat/Sku#: VR D0009 Artist: VON Title: Dark Gods: Seven Billion Slaves (Open Edition) (Digital Album) Volume: Dark Gods Vol.I Audio Format: Digital Publisher/Distributor: Von Records (USA) Digital Release Date: 2013 Read more
Cat/Sku#: VR D0009

Artist: VON
Title: Dark Gods: Seven Billion Slaves (Open Edition) (Digital Album)
Volume: Dark Gods Vol.I
Audio Format: Digital
Publisher/Distributor: Von Records (USA)
Digital Release Date: 2013
Illustration: VENIEN

Track-Listing:
01. They Have Come
02. Ancient Flesh of The Dark Gods Feat. D & C (Coffinworm)
03. Hands of Black Death
04. Dark Gods
05. MONSTER!
06. RawRot
07. DevilWhore
08. iAmInHuMan
09. Black Eyes

Recoding Lineup:
Jason Ventura (VENIEN) (vocals | bass)
Jon Gonzalez (Lord Giblete) (guitar)
Charlie Fell (drums)
Special Guests: vocals by D (Coffinworm) & guitar solo by C (Coffinworm)
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    They Have Come (Digital Edition) 3:23
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    Ancient Flesh of The Dark Gods Feat. D & C (Coffinworm) (Digital Edition) 10:09
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    Hands of Black Death (Digital Edition) 6:14
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    Dark Gods (Digital Edition) 2:59
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    MONSTER! (Digital Edition) 5:32
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    RawRot (Digital Edition) 7:40
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    DevilWhore (Digital Edition) 6:02
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    iAmInHuman (Digital Edition) 6:03
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    Black Eyes (Digital Edition) 6:07
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