Self described as ‘Totalitarian Black Metal’ and rightly so and at an exceptionally professional, top skilled level. This is not your average NSBM record or band. The music is executed with great craftsmanship, originality and pure metal feelings. When I first heard of this band I was expecting either simple raw BM or sloppy moronic (for the most part) Absurd worship, when the church organs (on the first track) started going into very melodic yet raw and angry guitars I knew I was in for something completely different. It is black metal. It does have some ‘industrial’ sounding parts, for the most part it is very melodic and catchy but without failing to be aggressive, angry and hateful. Many prefer the release after this ‘A New Race…’ to this one but I am one of the few that don’t. I love everything about this release except for the horrible unreadable layout inside the cd sleeve – maybe it is intentional, maybe not but you can’t read a damn thing. The vocals are insane, distorted angry screeches, the guitars are very trebly and fast, the drums (maybe a drum machine?) are very mechanical and with just the right amount of bass sound – almost in all tracks there are explosions, weird industrial sounds which really add to the overall atmosphere of this nearly perfect release. The main stand out thing about this album for me is the excellence throughout the album, there are no cheesy parts, and everything is executed and thought out to a crisp. It is intense and has enough variety going on from track to track to listen to the whole thing without becoming bored, every track is different yet it is all top notch black metal. For those who have labeled NSBM as complete crap this would be a good record to get a hold of, this is ahead of the NSBM scene on many levels. Definitely not your typical BM album.
Standout tracks: Invocation of Madness – The Art of Schizophrenia, Wolf Power, Soldiers of Wotan
- Genre: Totalitarian Black Metal
- Quality: mp3@CBR320 kbps (CD-Rip, Lame 3.93)
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