Abyssmal Nocturne is a band that you may have found out by the childish antics of Nocturnal Overlord and his desire to steal Crimson Moon. Anyways, onto the music and their debut full length. Abyssmal Nocturne is a band that plays black metal in the sense of Crimson Moon, surprisingly... Their style is very similar to Crimson Moon containing the prominent yet not dominant keyboards and the clean vocals that transcends into a ritualistic style of music.They may not be original but there are differences that will allow you to separate Crimson Moon's To Embrace... and Abyssmal Nocturne's album (AN being the less interesting). The guitars seem a bit thin and a bit empty. The bass isn't very noticeable at times. The vocalist does the simple rasps rather than the signature scratchy raspy vocals of Scorpios.
Overall, I did enjoy this album after a couple listens since I am a big fan of this style of BM and I am not a person that listens to things that are only "original". There are 1000s of Darkthrone clones, so why should this band be considered "unoriginal". Simply, there are differences in the music, and I am looking forward to their new album, regardless of originality.
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- Genre: Black Metal
- Quality: mp3@CBR320 kbps (CD-Rip, Lame 3.93)
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