Revelations of the Black Flame: 1349 at Jaxx

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IT'S BEEN FOUR YEARS since 1349 unleashed the "Hellfire" album, a primitive blast of furious black metal. But if the new songs the band played at Jaxx on March 1 are any proof, the musicians in 1349 didn't spend the last 1,000-plus days learning chromatic chords progressions and studying the canonical works of transcendentalism.

All indications are that 1349's forthcoming CD, "Revelations of the Black Flame" (Candlelight), will still sound like Satan hammering on a ax borrowed from Dimebag Darrell, as vocalist Ravn screeches all manner of abomination and apocalypse.

The group's corpse paint looked like it was imitating the mangled face of a cat, and Ravn stalked the stage like piss-off panther ready to pounce.

In other words, it was fantastic (if a bit too short; 1349 were the openers for Satyricon; see photos from their set here).

More 1349 photos below:

» Click here to see a gallery of the rest of our photos from the 1349 concert.

» Click here to read our March 2007 feature on 1349.

Photos by Christopher Porter/Express