Year: 2026
Label: Skon
Rating: 7,4 / 10
The project THOU SHALT FALL (ex-KRUMKACH) was already a little forgotten by everyone, but suddenly it came to live again. THOU SHALT FALL was silent from 2014 to 2022, and if you are interested where he was for these 8 years, the answer is simple: nowhere. During this period, Thyfall completely dropped out of the Black Metal environment. But the black swamp always beckons, and in the end it pulled him back.
On ”All to the One", THOU SHALT FALL picks up where he left off on the album “Rejoice and Laugh, Doomed to Be Sacrificed” in 2013. So far, the project has had a fairly linear evolution: KRUMKACH was a rather crude attempt to play on the same field as KRUK and PAGAN, and with the first recordings of THOU SHALT FALL, movement began towards the fast ancient Black Metal a-la GRAVE DESECRATOR and, for example, ARCHGOAT. At the same time, TSF didn't go all the way down to grindy goatfucking, and continues to maintain a balance between different traditions, as well as retains its own ideological concept. TSF's lyrics have always had a pretty deep meaning (although sometimes incomprehensible to an outsider listener), and on ”All to the One" Thyfall, again, demonstrates his familiar style. Believe it or not, there's even a rhyme here!
T.D. (bass) and G.W. (drums) , whose track record is too famous to mention, helped with the recording of ”All to the One". The progress is also felt in the production, which has made a serious step forward compared to the previous album, becoming more confident and characteristically fetid. The main change is vocals. If earlier Thyfall was slowly dragging out his words, now he switched to a low growl. This makes the sound even more similar to ARCHGOAT, but, again, Thyfall stops at the boundary that separates the black metal of death from goat metal. In fact, ”All to the One" is very dynamic, and about half of the material here is played at medium and low tempos. I'm not even talking all kinds of intros and interludes (in the first track there is a very loud ringing, as if someone is hitting a glass against a glass; perhaps this is exactly what happened). The album moves smoothly, has no boring places and leaves a monolithic impression. Fine work.
The design of the cassette is made in the recognizable THOU SHALT FALL style with all its lines and rays. On the J-card you can find all the lyrics and concise information about the project and the release itself. Details on a video.
