Powerful, dark metal

Review Score: (10/10)
A very solid, individual album. While I certainly wouldn't call it "black metal" (the band calls themselves "dark metal"), it is certainly along the same lines, with the average lyric being a rather deep deathy growl, on occasions rising to shrieks. The atmosphere changes from song to song, and they actually play some songs in a major key, which I must say is a novelty with most of the "darker" metal. Definitely a solid buy for those looking for something different than your average black metal album, but still retaining the same rough feel. The celtic harp solo at the end is great touch too, I might add.

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