The only other release that I own from Diaboli is their second demo (under Sigullum Diaboli). It really wasn't that impressive, although it was a solid slab of modern style black metal. This isn't too far off from the demo actually, besides some minor style change and improved production.

The first thing that came to me while listening to this was that it reminded me of the first Burzum LP. Combine that with some Darkthrone and you have yourself "Towards Damnation". Very far from being the most ground breaking of albums, but it's still quite decent. And listen to some of the riffs! They'll really remind of you of those two bands since they are just a little too similar. Naturally, they aren't anywhere near as good.

Straight forward is the key here. And that prevents anything from becoming too enticing. Raspy vocals, fast with loads of double bass and some fairly unoriginal riffing. It's not much of a challenge/adventure writing a review in respect to the CD either.

Is this album worth picking up? I suppose so. I'll probably try to pick up their first CD that was released on Unisound some time ago. But it's really not as impressive as some people have been making out. If you have some extra cash, I would have to say.

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