RETROSPECTIVE: Dark Fury – Vae Victis!
As longstanding stalwarts of the radical Polish underground, Dark Fury can be regarded as one of the finest and most consistent bands in the genre. Very few black metal acts can boast such a flawless and extensive discography, whilst retaining a sound and message that remains as potent and relevant now as it did back in the late 90’s when the project was initially founded.
Their debut full length album ‘Vae Victis!’, which was released in 2004 following two demos and a split with the equally seminal Polish cult Thors Hammer, still stands as a towering monument of hatred and contempt towards the modern world and the erosion of European heritage and culture.
This album set the blueprint for what has become the Dark Fury signature sound, which has remained largely unchanged in the intervening years and can still be heard in full force on their excellent last opus ‘Flooded Lands’ which was released in 2019. Indeed, Dark Fury stand apart from the more familiar Polish black metal sound territory established by the likes of Graveland, Infernum and Veles, and instead opt for a more ‘traditional’ black metal approach which has served them well over the course of their illustrious career.
Turning back to the album itself, after a mournful and brooding instrumental introduction Dark Fury launches into an uncompromising and direct assault with ‘Violence and Pain’, a fitting title given the tone of the track which is one of the standouts on the album and magnificently showcases the essence of the Dark Fury sound from the outset. Their sonic arsenal switches between an aggressive barbed attack of fast, cold, razor sharp riffing, and well composed memorable mid-paced stomping passages, always with a sense of triumphant and heroic melody that few other bands are able to capture. Each track on ‘Vae Victis!’ proudly takes its place and the quality is consistent throughout. In this writers opinion the album crescendos towards the mid-section with personal highlights including ‘Slavonic Pride’ which is deeply imbued with guitar and drum work that is reminiscent of the glory days of early Burzum, and ‘Aryan Glory’ with its prideful main motif and well placed breaks and slower sections allowing the guitar work to shine through like a black sun rising beyond the horizon.
‘Vae Victis!’ is truly one of the most important debut albums emanating from the fertile and inspired depths of the elite Polish underground, and set a high benchmark that Dark Fury has managed to maintain and arguably surpass in subsequent releases, all of which are also highly recommended.
The band duly delivered a commanding performance at Asgardsrei Festival in 2018, and future collaboration between Dark Fury and Militant Zone regarding upcoming live events is under discussion.
To support the band, a visit to the Lower Silesian Stronghold webstore is recommended, and is owned by none other than guitarist and frontman Raborym himself (http://www.trueunderground.cba.pl).
As longstanding stalwarts of the radical Polish underground, Dark Fury can be regarded as one of the finest and most consistent bands in the genre. Very few black metal acts can boast such a flawless and extensive discography, whilst retaining a sound and message that remains as potent and relevant now as it did back in the late 90’s when the project was initially founded.
Their debut full length album ‘Vae Victis!’, which was released in 2004 following two demos and a split with the equally seminal Polish cult Thors Hammer, still stands as a towering monument of hatred and contempt towards the modern world and the erosion of European heritage and culture.
This album set the blueprint for what has become the Dark Fury signature sound, which has remained largely unchanged in the intervening years and can still be heard in full force on their excellent last opus ‘Flooded Lands’ which was released in 2019. Indeed, Dark Fury stand apart from the more familiar Polish black metal sound territory established by the likes of Graveland, Infernum and Veles, and instead opt for a more ‘traditional’ black metal approach which has served them well over the course of their illustrious career.
Turning back to the album itself, after a mournful and brooding instrumental introduction Dark Fury launches into an uncompromising and direct assault with ‘Violence and Pain’, a fitting title given the tone of the track which is one of the standouts on the album and magnificently showcases the essence of the Dark Fury sound from the outset. Their sonic arsenal switches between an aggressive barbed attack of fast, cold, razor sharp riffing, and well composed memorable mid-paced stomping passages, always with a sense of triumphant and heroic melody that few other bands are able to capture. Each track on ‘Vae Victis!’ proudly takes its place and the quality is consistent throughout. In this writers opinion the album crescendos towards the mid-section with personal highlights including ‘Slavonic Pride’ which is deeply imbued with guitar and drum work that is reminiscent of the glory days of early Burzum, and ‘Aryan Glory’ with its prideful main motif and well placed breaks and slower sections allowing the guitar work to shine through like a black sun rising beyond the horizon.
‘Vae Victis!’ is truly one of the most important debut albums emanating from the fertile and inspired depths of the elite Polish underground, and set a high benchmark that Dark Fury has managed to maintain and arguably surpass in subsequent releases, all of which are also highly recommended.
The band duly delivered a commanding performance at Asgardsrei Festival in 2018, and future collaboration between Dark Fury and Militant Zone regarding upcoming live events is under discussion.
To support the band, a visit to the Lower Silesian Stronghold webstore is recommended, and is owned by none other than guitarist and frontman Raborym himself (http://www.trueunderground.cba.pl).
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