there is no need to introduce darkthrone nowadays one of the last remains the once elite Norwegic scene, before black metal became "cool". after long years of activity and achiving the status of almost living legends darkthrone proves once again that they have'nt lost any of the talent nor the style they had in the begining of they're way. this album contain's 6 tracks and last's over 40 minutes, so the songs here are about 6 minutes each, eventhough not boring at all. the mid paced parts are dominating here and have a great feel that makes you bang you'r head on something and the blast beats just sweeps you away to hell. the song stucture in this album is quite repeatative , it start's with 3 or 4 riffs at some point there is a break of the main rythem, mostly slow-downs and after that it all blasts again. i herd alot of people saying that this album reminds them of "a blaze in the northern sky" i dont agree with that, i think that it is mainly because they both have the same mood, alot of energies and a very grim feeling. but here we have a somewhat more mature darkthrone, the best way to prove this are the lyrics which became somewhat phylosohic (but i must admit that better than most past releases) and the vocals (less screams or gore). darkthrone got famous for theyre bad quality production sound in theyre albums, in this case the sound is quite rough ,but defenitly cleaner than before the guitar sounds very powerfull and and the drum sounds very good, harsh and brutal in my opinion better than in "ravishing grimness". conclusion : this is a great album that proves that black metal is still alive and kicking, i truelly advise you to get this one.

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