I've never been the biggest Beherit fan, but this album being considered their greatest achievement has always amazed me.
An insanely boring release, the vocals do nothing for me, especially over the empty guitar tone and standard drumming.
It all just feels empty, and for me is a futile attempt at a cohesive black metal album.
Just go listen to Archgoat.
Twilight is a Black Metal supergroup consisting of current and former members of Leviathan, Draugar, Nachtmystium, Krieg, Isis, The Atlas Moth, Minsk, and Sonic Youth.
When I heard of this band, I was blown away and knew I just HAD to check them out.
This was the first project of theirs I had heard, and it lived up to my quite high expectations.
This album is very atmospheric and dark, and that worked in it's favour tremendously.
It isn't the most interesting or unique album instrumentally, but ... read more
Okay, so..
It's alright.
Solo melodic black metal outfit BlackBraid deliver some cool riffs, pummelling blast beats, but nothing really unique.
It sounds nice, and the acoustic added many layers of depth that was needed to flesh out the feel of the album, but ultimately it didn't end up doing anything. I feel like I've heard the same song writing on many other albums in the genre.
It doesn't particularly do anything different enough to set itself apart from other bands similar.
Overall, it's a ... read more