Nightfall - I Am Jesus (2003)

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Nightfall - I Am Jesus (2003)

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Nightfall - I Am Jesus (2003)

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Year : 2003
Style : Dark Metal , Gothic Metal , Doom Metal
Country : Greece
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans
Size : 155 mb


Bio:

Nightfall is a Greek extreme metal band from Athens.Formed by vocalist/bassist Efthimis Karadimas in 1991, the group is currently signed to Metal Blade Records.They are widely considered the forerunners to a "mediterranean way to black metal" together with Inchiuvatu and Moonspell.Nightfall was formed in 1991 by frontman and bassist Efthimis Karadimas. Within a few months of existence, Karadimas had produced Nightfall's one-and-only demo tape, Vanity.The 4 track demo was noticed by Holy Records, a new French record label that was looking for an act to use to help introduce itself to the music business worldwide. A deal followed and gave birth to the debut release of Nightfall and Holy Records, Parade into Centuries, in 1992. The release proved a successful pioneering step as time went on for both Nightfall and Holy Records. This paradigm was followed by many in both countries, establishing a tradition for French labels to release Greek metal albums.Nightfall stayed with Holy Records throughout the decade, resulting in 1994's Macabre Sunsets, 1995's Athenian Echoes, 1997's Lesbian Show, and 1999's Diva Futura, backed by European tours. Line-up changes were effected in almost every release, with Karadimas remaining the only constant. The early days saw Chris Adamou on rhythm guitars and Costas Savvidis on drums, while later Jim Agelopoulos and Phil Anton would take the guitar spot; Bob Katsionis would join on keys for their summer of 2001 Wacken appearance, with Mark Cross on drums, and Mike Galiatsos coming in on lead guitars. Katsionis would later handle guitar duties as well, and both himself and Cross would later go on to perform with Greek power metal outfit Firewind (the main band of guitarist Gus G, who became Ozzy Osbourne’s guitarist in 2010).The next few years saw the band changing direction and a new record deal was signed with Greek label Black Lotus Records with whom Nightfall released two albums: 2003’s I Am Jesus and 2005’s Lyssa: Rural Gods and Astonishing Punishments. George Bokos appeared as a guitarist on Lyssa. In 2005 the band ceased its live performances for good and George Bokos joined fellow Greeks Rotting Christ.The same year drummer George Kollias, who had replaced Cross some years prior and appeared on both albums, ended up in the American death metal band Nile.The band had apparently split up (although no official announcement was ever made about it), yet in early 2009 Stathis Kassios (known to Efthimis Karadimas from his on stage keyboard services in the previous years) introduced American guitarist Evan Hensley to Karadimas in an effort to convince him to record some new compositions together. German drummer and producer Jörg Uken was already in touch with Efthimis Karadimas, and words became actions in early 2010 when this new line-up was announced. This new line-up and the new sound it delivered attracted American label Metal Blade Records, who offered a record deal.Their 2010 release, Astron Black and the Thirty Tyrants, was released on Metal Blade Records in August, 2010. The album was almost universally well-received, garnering high praise from numerous international critics, and included artwork by noted American cover artist Travis Smith.In 2011, the band added two new members to further round out their line-up: guitarist Constantine and bassist Stathis Ridis.After the release of their 2013 album, Cassiopeia, Nightfall went on hiatus. In June 2020, the band announced their return to live performances through their official Facebook page.The band's current line up, apart from Efthimis Karadimas on vocals and bass, includes returning members Mike Galiatsos and Kostas Kyriakopoulos on guitars, as well as Fotis Bernardo of Septicflesh fame on drums.In July 2020, Nightfall announced a record deal with french label Season of Mist, as well as that they are working on a new album that will be released in early 2021. In addition, Season of Mist has announced that it has acquired distribution rights for the band's entire release catalog.

Album:

The sound of Nightfall here is hard to describe. There’s some death/doom, yes—the very first riff on “Death of Neira” is slowish and crushing, the guitar meaty enough for my tastes—, mixed with some Rotting Christ-like gothic/black metal. Often, however, the guitars go for an upbeat, triumphant sound that gives it all a bittersweet tone. The vocals are either raspy black metal shrieks or some non-singing clear voice, either whispering or narrating. There’s a strange industrial atmosphere, which I guess was kinda trendy in Greece in 2003 (Septicflesh’s Sumerian Daemons comes to mind) with some electronic noises here and there, and the lead guitar is sometimes very processed, to the point of sounding like an synthetic hum in “Death of Neira” and especially “I’ve Never Dreamt the Life We Share.” It’s not bad per se, but it is a bit confusing. As for the themes and lyrics, I confess I have no idea of what’s going on. I guess this is somewhat of a concept album, as it evokes images of early Common Era Galilee. Maybe it deals with the human life of Jesus and his temptations and having to face his destiny or something like that, but that’s as far as I can go. The lyrics are sometimes unintendedly nonsensical (it feels like they are struggling with their grasp of the language) and could be a bit improved.Though the album starts out slow, the following two songs are quicker with a joyful, almost poppy, main riff, all of them pretty standard verse-chorus-verse affairs. It’s clear that, if it had clean vocals, the title track would be full of sing-along hooks. But then, with “A Pale Crescendo and “Luciferin,” it stops dead and goes straight into slow atmospheric metal territory with unconventional structures. And so it goes. Emotionally, this is a rollercoaster. At one moment you’re glooming it up screaming “Burning mud on my nasty face”, the next (literally) you’re pumping your fist in the air, going “Hey, you can’t stop me now, I feel so strong.” These variations in mood can be a bit jarring at times while listening to the album from start to finish, but I guess ordering the tracks any other way could hurt the narrative.Almost every track has something interesting (no fillers!), but there are three songs in I am Jesus that really stand out for me. One is “Luciferin” with its wicked whispering backed by the rhythm section slowly building up to its doomy climax, the whispers apparently coming from the tempting voice of the devil (“You like this, don't you?”). Then we have these absolute monsters that are album closers “Semana Tragica” and “Nightfall.”“Semana Tragica” begins with some clean guitar strumming alone, then the drums announce the distortion is coming to completely sweep the floor with your face as vocalist Efthimis says “I know you are coming down to me.” It’s very dramatic, one obviously thinks of Christ on the cross crying out to heaven, believing God had forsaken him. Its beautiful, intense doom gives way for some clean breaks to allow us some room to breathe (on a mimetic level, we feel his weariness unto death as he describes the spirits “dancing over his tired body”) before going on with the epiphany that “the only dreams I’ve made are fake, like you”, yet “you’re still the one I remember.” I’m not sure whether this is a message about the need to keep faith even if it’s fake or if it’s about Jesus doubting his own divinity or what, but this doesn’t feel like “white metal” for me, it’s too nuanced. Anyways, even if, like me, you’re not a religious person, and though we’re never sure of what’s going on, it’s powerful stuff, there’s power in this kind of drama. “Nightfall” follows the same structure of quiet atmospheric intro, now longer, with synths and echoing keys, before bringing in the hurt, its emotional guitars backed by the piano as the song comes to its climax. Titled “The Attack” in the lyrics, we hear Efthimis cry out: “As Nightfall coloured the sky / I saw the tragedy in your eyes.” A spiritual invasion has begun, maybe? That’s what it sounds like, and it’s amazing. A great way to wrap up a unique album like this.After Nightfall’s unwanted and embarrassing foray into Pyogenesis-style horny gothic rock with Lesbian Show and Diva Futura sullied their Hellenic black metal career, I am Jesus, though leading them into a very different path than before, was a pleasant return to form.

Line-Up:

Efthimis Karadimas - Bass (1991-1999), Keyboards (1991-1992, 1995, 1997-2005), Vocals (1991-2006, 2010-present), Guitars (1993, 1995) - See also: ex-Epidemic
Michalis Galiatsos Guitars
George Kollias Drums
Bob Gatsionis Keyboards

Tracklist:

01. Death of Neira 04:32
02. The Senior Lover of Diamanda 04:28
03. I Am Jesus 03:34
04. A Pale Crescendo of Diamond Suns 03:38
05. Luciferin (What If Men Could Bear Masters?) 06:02
06. Muscat (Darkdark Road) 03:30
07. The Poor Us 03:06
08. I've Never Dreamt the Life We Share 05:14
09. Treasures in Aramaic Tears (Echelon) 05:49
10. Semana Tragica 06:36
11. Nightfall 05:39

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