Out of Serbia comes this Black Metal horde with their fourth fullength. The music presented is symphonic and slightly melodic, mostly mid-paced to fast, with parts towards the more progressive side of the genre. This reminds me of a lot of different stuff; Taake, Borknagar, Grimm (Nl), Dissection, Enslaved, Ajattara and Summoning, and yet they don't sound like any of these bands. There are some Folk and Thrash in here as well.
Metal influences here as well. There is of course a rather obvious Dimmu Borgir reference to make, as this is Symphonic Black Metal, so there, I said it.
The vocals are somewhat towards the depressive kind, with similarities to those by Jon Nødtveidt of Dissection (R.I.P), but with a clear Eastern European edge to it. Perhaps slightly similar to those in the Czech band Dark Gamballe as well as those by Ruoija of Ajattara, at times.
The recording has a bit more of a Rock n Roll sound to it, but there is also a rather Eastern European sound here, mainly on the vocals and the keyboard. Keyboards can many times be used too excessively, just listen to the first pressing of In the Nightside Eclipse by Emperor, however this is not the case here. Most of the tracks on this CD are around the 10 minute mark. This is a very interesting and varied listen. All members have been or are also in The Stone.
Standout tracks are "Mesec Je Sad Sa Nama...", "Noc Crnoga Plamena", "Zloslut" and "Pogrom".
Sunday January 14 2007, by :Vragh:
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