Occult Black Metal Zine Review

By: Occult Black Metal
February 11th, 2013

VON - Dark Gods: Seven Billion Slaves Album Review

VON are a band from California that has been featured before in this zine with the musical style on this recording being black/death metal with some experimental elements and this is a review of their 2013 album “Dark Gods: Seven Billion Slaves” which was released by Von Records and is the first in a 3 part trilogy.  Drums range from slow to mid paced to fast playing with some blast beats being utilized at times, while the bass playing has a very strong and powerful sound with heavy riffing that dominates throughout the recording.  Rhythm guitars range from slow to mid paced black/death metal riffs that utilize some experimental elements and dark sounding melodies being thrown into the riffing while still retaining some raw and primitive elements, while the lead guitars are very dark sounding black metal guitar solos and leads.  Vocals are all deep black/death metal growls along with some spoken word samples being utilized at times, while the lyrics cover Satanism, Darkness, and Occultism, as for the production it has a very dark, raw and primitive sound to it while you can still hear all of the musical instruments that are present on this recording with some of the songs being long and epic in length.  In my opinion while this is a great recording from VON some people might not be into the progression but the open minded fans of this band and people looking for something different should enjoy this album.

Recommended Tracks Include “Hands of Black Death”, “Dark Gods”, “DevilWhore”, and “RawRot”.

(Source: Occult Black Metal Zine)

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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