Tsjuder plays underproduced black metal with one foot in the grim vein and another in the we-can-actually-play vein. Tsjuder aren't four minor chords per song black metallers. Their songs are more varied (sometimes going all the way up to 6 CHORDS!!!! . . that was a joke), sometimes reminding of (Euronymous-era) Mayhem. I just wish I could hear them better. Regardless of my silliness, I find Tsjuder to be a promising band - nothing overly ground breaking, but good, solid black metal. Production "sucks," of course. Look out for their CD on Drakkar.

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