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Depart from me, ye that work iniquity…

When I recently saw a new post by the handsome UK-born Peter B., it did draw my attention immediately. I consider myself a modest ‘fan’ of some of this crazy guy’s projects, such as Carrion, Utterblight and Gold. That post I was just referring to, did pertain the album Sinner, conceived by a new project, which is called Gold Membership.

[since Concreteweb is not a politics-oriented site in essence (which does not mean that I can not / may not / will not express my disgust for certain ‘world leaders’ or their sociologic ideologies, or to promote certain, well, rather ‘open-minded’ and critically deep-thought theories), I will not just go into the country involved and its problems, at least when it comes to this specific review; however, I do support the people that stand up for their rights – this is for those who fight dictatorial authorities, and for those who resist and revolt against these cowardly

(the first paragraph is nothing else but a copy of the first review I did for this U.T.R.Y.N.-series, and the following ones are slightly adapted versions; yet then again: no remorse, no shame, just laziness)

For the legendary story of the universal happenings with the Emperor and the King I’d like to refer to the greatly comprehensive discographic catalogue of Zebulon Kosted (or, in a modest way, to some of the reviews I did for the marvelous recordings by Mister Rachid Abdel Gafur; links at the bottom of this article). More confronting is the fact that the concept of this album is so topical, so real-life at this very moment of our earthly existence.

This is a very special release for a couple of reasons. First of all, it’s the first one that I will write for Sado Rituals since this webzine resurrected recently. What an honor for this project, isn’t it? Being mentioned (once more) on Concreteweb, isn’t that a satisfying thought, a veneration beyond imagination, reverent worship-worthy?

For any introduction about this outfit by our dearest Mister (bleak), I invite you to check out any of the former reviews I did for this specific project (even-though I did write down my thoughts on some of his other projects too in the meantime)…

Official note from the writer of this article (indeed, the beautiful me himself…), and mentioned a thousand times before: Concreteweb exists to promote different styles of (Underground) Music, and in extension, to support the artists, projects / bands, labels, distributors, promotors etc. involved. Concreteweb is not a forum to discuss politics from any scope.

Greek outfit The Black Monolith is, dixit the act, ‘a conduit for the forces that lie beyond the veil of existence’. The project deals with archaic and / or celestial entities, ‘primal energies that stir within the earth’, dwelling around in the deepest and darkest corners of the universe, and of the (archetypical) psyche.

Those who are trusted with the divine Aural Art by Rojinski do know that this project is enormously productive (this review deals with the third [!] release in 2025 by this prolific outfit!), with each single release coming with its very own-faced approach. Throughout the years, Rojinski did slowly evolve, with all recordings having a comparable identity, yet also their specific content and attitude.