Nola 504 and More: Zuriaake

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Zuriaake - Afterimage of Autumn (2007)

Genre: Black Metal
Lyrical themes: Autumn, Sadness, Desolation, Nature
Origin: China
Formed: 1998

Current line-up:
Bloodfire
Bloodsea
Deadsphere

1. Whispering Woods
2. God Of Scotch Mist
3. River Metempsychosis
4. Afterimage of Autumn
5. Forest Of Twilight
6. Desolated Mountain
7. Sirius
8. Return Journey
9. Moon of Frost

Tracklist of the bonus CD:
01. Winter Mirage
02. Valley of loneness
03. Autumn Memories (Remastered)
04. Elapsing Autumn (Remastered)

Here's Zuriaake's only full length so far and in my opinion this is just a supreme masterwork. They play depressive mid to slow paced black metal with a beautiful organic atmosphere. If you liked the split with Yn Gizarm, you will completely love this.

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Friday, October 30, 2009

Zuriaake & Yn Gizarm - Autumn of Sad Ode / Siming of Loulan (Split, 2005)

Genre: Black Metal
Origin: China

Zuriaake:
1. Dying in Autumn 6:04
2. Thinking in Autumn 7:10
3. Sad Ode 7:05
4. Elapsing in Autumn 7:13

Yn Gizarm:
5. The Ruins of Loulan 8:30
6. Ghosts in Ambush 7:17
7. Burying in the River of Peacock 5:29
8. Migration 8:32
Total playing time
57:20

This split is pefect for autumn as you can see by the track listing. I'm a huge fan of Chinese black metal and this is one of the better releases. Both bands play tranquil, mid paced atmospheric black metal that just oozes melancholy. Check it out.

Autumn

A message from swampchode:

I originally started this blog with the intent to create an archive of New Orleans/Louisiana based bands demo's, EP's, full lengths and live recordings. My primary focus was to feature a little bit of everything going on in this great city. There are many bands past and present that have never gotten the recognition that they (in my opinion) truly deserved.

So I figured why not start converting all these demo tapes and etc. and share them with the world? But as I kicked the idea around on a few message boards and with friends, I decided to not just limit the page to Louisiana.

So here you will find artists from all across the globe, some may be well known, others may not. Here at Nola 504 and More, the Krewe and myself all have very unique musical tastes, which I think helps our page really stand out.

Yes, we may feature a lot of metal, but we also have punk, country, jazz, rockabilly, etc. Musical "gumbo" so to speak; meaning a little bit of everything. So, if you are/were in a band from Louisiana, or anywhere else in the world, and care to share it with the rest of the world, drop one of us an email. We'd love to check it out!