To be honest with you from the very beginning, I’ve never heard of a Check quartet Naurrakar prior to listening of this new EP entitled Zákon Chaosu (free translation; Principle Of Chaos).

Naurrakar are based in a Check capital Prague, and they’ve existed only for a few years. The band released its debut demo Imperium Satana in 2009 and Zákon Chaosu is a successful follow-up. It contains only 4 tracks, but still enough just to give you an idea what this band and their musicianship is all about.

First noticeable thing about this particular release is the beautiful, yet typical Black Metal cover artwork. After putting a CD into my stereo, another thing emerges; being a rather awesome and atmospheric production. Finally, one can also hear this music as being very emotional and with huge artistic value. It is not just another piece of nonsense and bizarre black metal; these guys do it with a style and beauty.

All four tracks are performed in their native Check language, but this should not prevent you to give it a chance. It has some charm and beauty about it, and the language has never been a barrier for this kind of a release anyway.
Some of the tracks, like the opening and closing one, are maybe predictable, with massive riffing and inventive guitar playing, while the middle songs have more punch and innovativeness to offer. The closing track is almost a funeral black metal styled song which serves as a bit depressive yet beautiful album closer.

This CD, which lasts for no more than 15 minutes, was a pleasant journey into the blackish world of this Check horde and I can only recommend it for any fan of the genre, and esp. those into the likes of Darkthrone.

For more info go to: http://naurrakar.wz.cz/


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