After a few lineup changes, Hate
Profile was taken in a solo direction by Amon 418. The debut album “Opus
I: the Khoas Hatefile” is a lethal style of black metal. Amon 418
basically does everything for the CD and calls in session musicians to complete
the album. On this effort, session drums were blasphemed by GroM (Ancient/Hortus
Animae). To give you a little clue to the sound of this disc, put Agathodaimon,
Ancient, Dissection, Raise Hell, Enslaved, and Emperor in a wood chipper
and the bloody mass left is what you got! There are parts that are extremely
brilliant, but the decent or mediocre riffs off balance them. The songs
are far from being bad but with a better riff selection this could improve
to excellent status. It needs a few more of those choice riffs and a little
less of the repeating ones. Even though there are only nine tracks on “The
Khaos Hatefile,” technically there are ten tracks including an intro
(before the first song – track 0), outro, and eight established songs
for forty-three minutes. Opus I will leave you hungering for more…
Rating: 78
Reviewed By: Jeffrey D. Adkins |
