Darkcell - Nightmare Document Part 2 (2013)

 

Cost: $1.00

This combines black metal and ambient, so obviously, several tracks are similar to what I would stereotypically think of as ambient black metal and are rather discordant. The purer dark ambient sections are decent, though they tend towards dreamier rather than sinister. Other times the ambient sounds seem to be mild attempts to make the music weirder or vaguely psychedelic. Personally I think it would have been interesting if some of these elements were taken to further extremes, even at the risk of going overboard. Still, the riff in "Mantis and Ants" is a lot catchier than other bands in the same vein, so it's not that bad of a find for a buck.