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Major improvement here, and a good thing for me, as I seriously did not
get into their last offering. Don't know if it was due to a session drummer
stepping in on Skullthrone, but that album seemed as though it was set on
autopilot and let loose to fly wildly in the night. Greater control,
better song structure, and some dynamics lead me to like this album more,
but the whole thing
is stil a bit too raw for me. Keeping things real by recording the album in the
treble hemisphere, Enthroned play some unholy black metal, quality stuff for the
fanatic, but a bit too frentic for me after 30 minutes. I prefer things a bit
less tinny, something with some meat in it, making this my worst nightmare in
terms of production, as the mix emphasizes the higher register. Less apparent
during the slower sections, but since a great deal of the album is blastbeat
central, a heaping dose of cymbals and snare dominates the forefront.
So, while it's leaps and bounds above their previous work, still not to my
tastes.
6 out of 10
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1995 Osmose Records
1997 Blackend Records
1999 Blackend Records
