006bvllet “WWIII” CD
The time has come to announce that a debut SECT album is completely ready for release. No joy for you on this occasion! Apocalyptic scenes will appear before your eyes. Fast and slow, avant-garde and classical, melodic and rough Black Metal, filled with feeling of the deepest contempt for mankind, system, society and its idols. Pendulum of the world is at standstill, waiting the moment of a grey cold sorrow! Die you all!
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Tracklist:

one. WWIII
two. Worship Myself
three. Hunger
four. Devastation. Demise. Deliverance.
five. White Faces
six. War Death Cult
seven. N
eight. All that Was Without You
nine. Sigh
ten. Our North is Your Perish

SECT 2007

(c) 2007 assavlt rex
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SECT - WWIII
Formed in 2006, SECT is still a rather young band from the north-western Russian town Murmansk. Their debut release “WWIII” sees them fusing Black Metal with Thrash riffs and some inventive use of solos, leading to some interesting results.
Even though “WWIII” should be regarded as a Black Metal album, the musical content still lies more than a block away from the necro roots of the genre. The use of more typical Thrash Metal riffs places SECT firmly in the modern wave of bands, but not without retaining an aggressive and filthy sound. Throw in a generous but well-restrained use of guitar solos, and you have a dynamic and exciting album that grows on every listen. Songs like “White Faces” have a decidedly uplifting quality, which removes the band even further from a traditional sound, yet the Russian lyrics sound effectively hateful and brutal.
An extra mention goes out to the track “Sigh”, which is a Black Metal version of Chopin’s “Marche Funиbre”. Whereas this song is an obvious choice for a Funeral Doom band (UNTIL DEATH OVERTAKES ME have an excellent version), making it work in the aggressive stylings of Black Metal is a bit trickier. Yet, somehow, SECT puts a new spin on the masterpiece with a violent injection, while still retaining the despondent feeling of the original piece. Nothing short of fantastic, if you’re going to check out just one Russian Black Metal song this year, make it this one.
As should be clear to you at this point in the review, “WWIII” is a fine piece of modern Black Metal, taking influence from a myriad of places to create a fresh sound. While they’re not able to completely throw off the shackles of the clichй, they still manage to be forwards-looking while still maintaining a strong focus. It might not be the grimmest, evilest, or even most brutal album of the year, but the unconventionally-minded Black Metal fan will find plenty of interest here.
METAL OBSERVER (7/10) - Russia - 2008 (Online May 9, 2009)
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SECT - WWIII
Vzdy som mal slabost pre ruske, ci ukrajinske kapely. Neviem cim to je, ale black metal z tychto krajin ma v sebe nieco, co nenajdete nikde inde. Nevravim len o typickej melodike, ale tiez casto ohromnych pocitoch, ktore z nasich oblubenych diel rozpravaju svoje pribehy.
Promo „WWIII“ od tajomnych SECT ma teda naozaj potesilo, hoc som ani len netusil, co od tohto mladeho zoskupenia cakat. Po precitani prilozeneho letaku, najma slov: „It is apocalypse. It is pain. It is hate! It’s not black metal. It’s much more terrible!“ som v ocakavani zhudobnenej krutosti vlozil CD do prehravaca.
Hlavnym posolstvom tychto rusov je v podstate vyhladenie celej maticky Zemi. Ich hudba vsak nie je akasi bezcitna masineria, to rozhodne nie. Bol som az prekvapeny, kolko nadherne melodickych pasazi sa skryva za ich nenavistou. Atmosfera tejto dosky si ma omotala uz pri prvotnom pocuvani a neopustila moju mysel co i len na chvilu ani po mnohonasobnom pocuvani. Zaujimave je rozdelenie albumu na akesi tri casti. Prvych pat skladieb tvori „side war“, dalsie styri „side hate“ a posledna, desiata je samostatnou kapitolou „side metal“. Hudobne sa vsak tieto strany SECT od seba velmi nelisia, textovo uz ano. Co sa tyka textovej zlozky „WWIII“, ta je podla vyjadreni kapely rovnako dolezita ako samotna hudba a musim priznat, ze tomu tak naozaj je. Jednotlive pribehy maju hlbku, svoje posolstvo a bola by skoda nevenovat im pozornost. Mna osobne najviac zaujali texty skladieb „All that Was Without You“ a „Worship Myself“. Podotykam, ze vsetko je spievane v rodnom jazyku…
Ohromne silnou zbranou tohto „militantneho“ zoskupenia su silne gitarove melodie. Tie vycnievaju na kazdom kroku, ci uz v nezastavitelnej vichrici, alebo ked sa pohravaju s nadhernymi solami, ktore sa v podobnej muzike len tak nepocuju. Taktiez obcasne brnkacie, akusticke vsuvky nahravku nenapadne, no o to viac skrasluju. Vokal je pre black metal samozrejme taktiez velmi dolezity, ale kto pozna Damiena T.G. z kapely Stielas Storhett, si urcite vie predstavit ako znie. Prave on sa totiz chopil mikrofonu a jeho rev zapada do celkovej atmosfery priam dokonale a takto je to aj s bass gitarou a bicimi, ktore skutocne bravurne zenu vojsko do boja. Zvuk je taktiez velmi dobry. Nejedna sa o hudbu zahalenu v sumiacom sere, vsetko je ciste a velmi dobre pocutelne, ale taktiez dostatocne „heavy“.
Uvedomujem si, ze cela tato recenzia je jedna velka chvala, takze na zaver aj trosku kritiky. Skladby „N“ a „Our North“ povazujem za uplne zbytocne. Pocuvat sa daju, to ano, ale skor velmi rychlo ma presla chut a neskor som ich pri pocuvani uz preskakoval. Menej je niekedy viac… Naopak este par slov musim venovat skladbe cislo devat, „Sigh“. Je to znama smutocna, pohrebna skladba, rovnaka, ktoru pouzili na svojom prvom albumu aj Die Apokalyptischen Reiter, samozrejme po kratkom uvode sa to zvrhne do „black metaloveho pekelneho funusu“ a ja vam garantujem, ze v podani SECT vam tato vec vyrazi dych.
„WWIII“ je pre mna ohromnym prekvapenim minuleho roku a som velmi rad, ze toto CD rozsirilo moju zbierku. Je to nefalsovany black metal, ale trochu iny, svojsky… Snubia sa v nom chytlave melodie, atmosfera a vyborny zvuk. Neostava mi nic ine, len doporucit.
MORTEM ‘Zine
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SECT - WWIII
ASSAVLT Rex
Ecco un album per palati fini, quelli che degustano metallo e proiettili a colazione. Dall’insolita madre Russia marciano inesorabili i Sect, band di recente formazione ma ciт nonostante di decente esperienza. Il primo capitolo di questo proclama и un’inesorabile testimonianza dello spirito totalitarista dell’album. Acre come non mai, freddo come l’impugnatura di una semiautomatica. In numerose circostanze и possibile ritrovare quel “Black ‘n Roll” che tanto ha reso fama (o infamia) al nostro Nattefrost e ai suoi Carpathian Forest. Nella numero 2, “Worship Myself” la somiglianza и lampante; come ancora in “Devastation, Demise, Deliverance.” L’attitudine del sopracitato Nattefrost a questo tipo di approccio и perт tutt’altra cosa rispetto a quello che i russi ci presentano. La struttura delle canzoni infatti, nonostante qualche variante come voci esterne di ovvio filo-comunismo o apprezzabili parti armoniche, si mostra un po’ “povera”, nel senso di impalpabile.
Di sostanza su cui metter mano ce ne sarebbe eccome, ma non sembra essere mai abbastanza per colpire fino in fondo e farci rimanere davvero entusiasti. Forse questo и il male che affligge i gruppi che sbuccano dal sottobosco ultimamente, il voler per forza di cose strafare e scostarsi dalle etichette. Nonostante i titoli, i testi sono rigorosamente in russo e devo ammettere che come in tutti gli esempi di brani cantanti in lingue slave, l’effetto и esaltante. Ritmi rigidi e ferrei, come la musica proposta. Da dimenticare invece i tentativi di mischiotto con parti progressive, davvero inappropriate a parer mio in un album che si apre con una sfuriata di mitra e che presenta in copertina la sigla “World Funeral”.
In conclusione i russi ci sentono molto per la musica che fanno. In ogni brano si colgono appieno gli schizzi di sudore versati e l’intensitа delle esecuzioni. Chi preferisce sonoritа piщ dirette e potenti con riff semplici quanto orecchiebili apprezzerа l’ascolto d’ogni particolare in questo apocallittico annuncio della Terza Guerra Mondiale. A chi invece come me apprezza un Black Metal piщ lento, malato, ossessivo e marcio non credo “WWIII” potrа dire piщ di tanto.
Il Nostro Voto: 6.5