High quality classical northern B.M. It's not very original but well performed with good material and good production. I know many who rate this band as one of the best, but I don't quite agree. It's too standard. With some originality this could easily be one of the best, as I feel great potential here. Hopefully we will have that in their fourth coming debut album. A better layout and a original cover wouldn't hurt either. 18 min. of unoriginal, but very good black metal is what you get.
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I det Glimmende Mörkrets Djup

The first fullength album from swedens perhaps grimmest band is finally out. I liked the MCD, but there was plenty of room for improvement. This album is much like the MCD, which means fast music much like Immortal, and lyrics in Swedish. The production is better and when the recording is done in the Abyss studio, this is the least you could expect. The music is nothing I haven't heard before, but it's still good stuff with a very grim atmosphere. The lyrics anr much like Immortals, but more satanic. if one isn't totally into this extreme style it can be tough to listen to it all at once even if it's average playing time. All songs are new except for the title track from the MCD, so if you're into this extreme type of music, you will problebly love this.
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