This is in my opinion Immortal's best work (and with the new direction they are going, will probably remain that way), as well one of the best black metal discs of all time.. This cd lives up to his name COMPLETELY.. this is a non-stop assault of speed and pure fucking HOLOCAUST METAL!!! But not in the Swedish style, this is actually very interesting/evil sounding.. As said, for the most part, you are treated to a barrage of blazing riffs, unbelievably fast blast beats, and just fast as all hell black metal.. but occasionally they'll slow it down to mid-paced madness, when they do this, it is INCREDIBLY necro sounding, and very well done.. The guitars are played very well.. going from a heavy, crushing madness, to a trebly, razor sharp sound.. bass is played exceptionally well (although hid in the background...).. drumming is UN-FUCKING-BELIEVABLE!! Some of the best drumming ever.. insanely fast, always kept on time, and always completely interesting.. I could listen to this disc if it was just drums... Vocals are slightly more pushed than on later Immortal discs, but still have the monotonous to them (something I never really did like about Immortal), but doesn't hurt the disc at all... So, overall what you have here is an amazing, all out speed assault, sounding extremely necro and evil, and pretty much, a perfect fucking disc.. if you don't have this already you are seriously deprived...

Appeal: Fans of fast black metal

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