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I was expecting generic US black metal (and to a large extent I got it), but what's disappointing is that this CD could have been better. Since the band is now defunct it's pointless to dwell too much on wasted potential. The major problem is that in every song, the band keeps reverting back to a generic '90s Nordic BM sound...In a lot of cases the song will open with a solid mid-paced riff or they'll have a decent one somewhere, but without fail things eventually speed up and become uninteresting.
That's compounded with another problem--the songs here are way, way too long. Apart from the intro, the shortest song is over 6 minutes, and there's nothing displayed here that justifies trying to fill out that time. They cycle through different riffs, sure, but there are no real attempts to break up the monotomy other than a couple of atmospheric clean guitar sections. Speaking of guitars, I should say that when they choose to show it off, the guitarwork seems a cut above the average black metal band. There are some sparingly used harmonized dual guitar parts, and there are real guitar solos (the long progressive-ish one in "Nothing Heaven" is actually very good). Bits like that are unexpected, but ultimately they don't help the album all that much.
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