I realized that I never wrote anything about Abigor yet they're one of my favorite bands and also among the first bands that I discovered back in the day. Not only that but the same guys who are in this band are also in Summoning and Summoning is fucking fantastic.
So yeah; good band. Verwüstung / Invoke the Dark Age was their first album after a few shaky and not that great demos. Throughout their history Abigor changed and modified its sound. Their discography (as of 2014) packs nine albums plus one remake and while some of their stuff is of questionable value, especially from the later parts of the last decade, overall they produced some of the most interesting and unique albums in the scene. While their later on albums delved into some more experimental territories this album (their first one) is firmly rooted in black metal tradition for the most part.
The album hits off with a cheesy intro proclaiming some kingdom of darkness and whatever else was hip at the time and then it blasts off into sweet, sweet black metal riffs. Tone wise it sounds a little like Burzum I guess. It has that crunchy hiss guitar sound to it with vocals being in a similar style of screams that Varg had but musically it's much different. The guitars often diverge in separate riffs so it's not just two guitars playing the same riff all the time, they often compliment each other and often times you can hear acoustic guitars providing some good backdrop to everything. They also use tapping, "solos" and breakdowns which was not very common at the time. Basically what I'm trying to get at is that composition wise this album is absolutely superb, it's never boring to go through this from start to finish. They definitely were brimming with ideas when they went to record this album.
In short, it's great second-wave black metal with some symphonic elements thrown in the bunch. Great listen and a solid starting point if you're interested in getting into Abigor.
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