009bvllet NAV “From Nav to Jav” DIGI
Two first demos of the band that doesn’t need to be presented. A new album has recently come out, and we offer to enjoy the first works of NAV. Speedy, ruthless Heathen Black Metal where every riff breathes of winter and coldness. “From Nav to Jav” (1996) and “A Hymn to Cold Silence” (1997) on one CD. Only limited digi version.
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Tracklist:

COLD SILENCE SIDE:
1. A Hymn to Cold Silence
2. The Warriors of the Icy Wilderness
3. Towards Blinding Black Glare
4. A Clot of Darkness Frozen in Ice
5. Where We Shall Rain Down Death on the Earth
6. A Sigh in the Dark Depths
7. A Hymn to Cold Silence (part 2)

INVASION OF THE DWELLERS OF NAV SIDE:
8. From Nav to Jav
9. Coldness of Polar Lights
10. Mara, Bringing Death
11. Black Wolves

“Hymn to the Cold Silence” (1997 demo)
“From Nav to Jav” (1996 demo)
Music and lirics by Izbor

(c) 2008 assavlt rex
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NAV - From Nav To Jav
ASSAVLT
For those of you patiently awaiting the newest opus from Russian black metallers Old Wainds, expected any day now, this might just hold you over. Two demos of ultra raw black buzz from Old Wainds offshoot Nav, fronted by OW drummer Izbor, available on cd for the first time. Nav’s last record, the surprisingly polished and weirdly melodic The Wolf Sun, definitely rubbed a few people the wrong way, with a sound way more NWOBHM than black metal, not so much blasting and buzzing as riffing and rocking. Sure it was unexpected, but we dug it anyway. Maybe precisely because it was so awesomely confounding.
But this is something else entirely. Something more like the Nav (and the Old Wainds) we know and love. Imagine the first Nav, Halls Of Death, via Old Wainds’ Wither Of The Wainds, and you’ll get something very much like From Nav To Jav, the sound on these demos, originally released in 1996 / 1997 is raw raw raw, super lo-fi, chaotic and frenzied, the guitars are murky and muddy, the riffing surprisingly complex, but plenty blurry and washed out, the drums wild and splattery, the vocals a harsh demonic croak, with long swaths of fuzzy warbly keyboards, the recording in the red and ultra distorted, causing the songs to seemingly warp and crumble as they come careening out of the speakers. Sort of like the EEE un-black releases, the recording here is as much a part of the sound as the songs. A sound so saturated and fucked up, it almost sounds like Faxed Head, but still with that unmistakable Russian sound, so distinctive and evocative, hateful and harsh, shot through with a drone drenched buzz, killer riffing, everything completely fried and fractured and gloriously blown out.
Essential obviously for fans of all things Nav, Wainds, Russian and black, but maybe just as crucial for anyone into raw metallic chaos, and droney distorted buzz (lots of overlap there wethink), or heck, even if you just wished Faxed Head were deadly serious and way more heavy, then this is most definitely for you.
Andee (AQUARIUS RecOrds)