This unknown trio should remain an unknown one because their music is totally putrid. I have nothing good to say about this album except that it's black metal that's played in a distasteful style. There's many tempo changes featuring leads, clean tone guitars, and solos that totally are played without any talent that I can immerse from this description. The vocals really got to me as well. Just screaming that is some that can get onto one's nerves. Totally annoying.

The music features guitars that are melodic with changes in tempos, but nothing really striking or memorable. The songs are lengthy music that don't deserve praise at all. The sound quality just was lacking totally. There are some independent releases that are well mixed together, but this one lacks it entirely. None of the instruments or vocals are well mixed in unison. The leads totally lack innovation and are not played out well whatsoever.

There are riffs that feature bar chords and tremolo picked ones as well. The clean guitars are decently played out, but when they're mixed with the distorted overtures it makes the sound just annoying. If they incorporated the clean guitars alone, it would've served them much better off. The vocals are clean during these bits as well which did fit properly. What I hear during this release is black metal that's played half assed. The worst part of it are the tremolo picked guitar frenzies with the screaming vocals.

The production sound is flat and not mixed well together at all. First of all, you can't hear the bass guitar well. The leads don't mesh well with the rhythms and are shrieking just like noise. The drums had a decent hold on the release, but it would've been much better if the band could've had everything mixed together in unison. I don't think that they were quality in regards to the mixing whatsoever. Hopefully in time they'll get on a major record label and put out some quality black metal.

My recommendation is this: don't buy this album. It falls short in so many respects as I've previously mentioned. Annoying vocals, bad production, guitar that was played in a mediocre fashion and black metal altogether in a deafening blur. There's no songs on here that I liked and was fortunate enough to hear this album which was sent to me. It just does no justice to the black metal community and if the band produces a follow up, they really need to clean up their act.

Rating: 6 (out of 10) ratings explained

Reviewed by Death8699
06/17/2012 12:26