The fuck is that cover? The fuck is that name? The fuck is that title font? All those questions quickly evaporate once this relatively hidden gem starts its first proper track after pleasuring you with some synth cheese for about three minutes. They came from that lower bulbous part of Norway, dished out some okay albums and then petered off to somewhere else. While synth black metal albums weren't anything new or special by the time this came out these guys knew how to blend synths and guitars fairly well. Yes - it is cheese and over the top but what is written is good and perfectly listenable cheese. Giving credit to their songwriting is the fact that most songs are around 6 minutes in length but none feel like they are overstaying their welcome or are bogged down in monotony. One minute you'll have soaring tremolo riffs and shrieks and a minute later it will smoothly transition in a DOS game synth orchestration backed up by drum gallops. Something is always happening, something always changes even if for a brief moment or a tempo switch. At the total length of 50 minutes this can get you fatigued but if you are in the mood for this kind of stuff the album just breezes past.
Their other albums didn't quite grasp the brilliance of this one but the second one after this one s worth checking out if you get tired of this one.
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Excellent Album! One of the pillars in Black Metal
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