Kaosophia- The Origins of Extintion (2013)

Kaosophia- The Origins of Extintion (2013)

Martial drums seem to reflect harsh times in the north East, as Ukrainians seem to be at the beginning stage of the fight of their lives and the right to become a full-fledged free economy, while Russian dictator Vladimir Putin seems to be busy re constructing the Russian Empire, this time not under communism, but under fascism rule, Ukraine is trying to leave the past well behind by adding themselves as quick as possible to the European Union, it’s a difficult move, because Putin seems decided to build again those satellite nations that the USSR used to keep as protection form the western advances, Putin may not speak freely about this, but his actions seems oriented towards this, and his current agreements with Ukrainian president Yanukovych may provide the fire start for big protest and social upset.

Peace most be a priority, and we hope Ukraine can solve this situation in the best manner for their people and for the best development of this nation, now they have an ex boxing champion in the opposition against Putin and pro-Russian policies, that would certainly give a good fight in order to get away from the past dominance of Russia, March Of The Antichrist Soldiers may look like a reflection of the past and the former influence of the “evil” communist empire, cold winds blow in Ukrainian lands and The Origins Of Extinction by Ukrainian black metal band Kaosophia sounds like the perfect soundtrack for the days to come, the band dives fearlessly into the dark realms of blast beats and tremolo guitars as they produce this very decent type of BM, we can argue for years about the current stagnation of the genre, but when bands like Kaosophia come to the front we realize that there’s still so much fire in the genre and the fact that current social turmoil seem to be the perfect context for the musical fight between good and evil.

Guitars are and impressive asset on this band, they chime and roar on the beginning of Cotard Delusion, greatly and elegantly executed, while the impressive omnipresent and precise drumming takes place, the band is intelligent enough not to fall immediately into the trap of blast beats, they introduce interesting time changes before charging and their guitar arrangements without a doubt give the song a particular feeling, a mystical and ancient nature that opens a whole occult and dark world to our ears, it makes so much sense that this music comes from Europe because it exemplary transmit that millenary and enigmatic nature.

Ritual Romanum possess a powerful swirling groove, guitars are prominent and they show that malignancy at points and then come the agony screams of their powerful and evil growler, showing why this Kaosophia is without a doubt a powerful force to be reckoned with, bas drums are perfect and laid a rock solid base that gives the band a slow and painful pace, while Decomposed Essence once again shows the band brilliance at instrumental execution, with a prominent bass twisting in a monstrous way in the first seconds as imperial guitars resound immediately, again the band shows their power in creating amazingly intricate structures that immediately set them apart form the next Satyricon clone you can imagine, just give a listen to Dance With The Dead Stars and you can be sure that this band is a completely unique beast, obsessed with broadening the boundaries of the genre as well as exploding with so much anger and evil fury.

Kaosophia is a great upcoming band form Ukraine, and this The Origins of Extintion a great example of intelligent and ambitious new music that wants to give new fury to a genre in peril of getting obsolete, a great sign of great things to come in the extreme metal realm, once again a demonstration that great BM can come from anywhere, a warning that the iconic figures in the BM realms are becoming a thing of the past, just like that Lennin statue destroyed in Kiev by the protesters, a sign of things to come, I think it’s time for a change, and for Yanukovych to start considering leaving the office and welcome Ukraine new demanded freedom.