Cost: $3.00
Although the price qualifies it for the blog, I hadn't really planned on doing a post about this, but there are absolutely no reviews or decent descriptions of the music anywhere else online. Following the standard set by the band name and album title, the CD layout is ultra-generic, and provides no information on the band whatsoever. Metal-archives lists them as being from Sweden, and distro/shop descriptions mention EBT having members from Scariot, Satyricon, and Grave...I'm assuming Daniel Olaisen was involved in this band, in which case the Satyricon mention is a stretch.
The band plays melodic death/black, but the EP seems like it's divided into two slightly different halves. Vocals across the entire thing are raspy BM-style, with deeper backing vocals. The first 3 tracks use keyboards and have more BM influence, though death metal is the dominant genre in the mix. The death metal component is generally more melodic, but at times there are very contemporary Scandinavian DM riffs that are not very Gothenburg inspired (and certainly not in the vein of classic Swedish DM, either). The last 3 tracks drop the keys and are straight-up melodic death metal, with the vocals providing the only black metal element. The drums throughout the CD have an oddly inorganic, overly precise sound, so I'm pretty sure it's a drum machine or sampled drums. Not terribly off-putting, but it doesn't do the music any favors.
Worth what I paid and better than what the crappy cover/layout may indicate, but nothing exceptional, especially for a style overrun with too many bands.
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