One of the best Death metal albums I've ever heard.

Review Score: (10/10)
This is the album that turned me on to the exiting, yet misunderstood genre of Death metal. Before tuning in I thought that Death metal was basically unlistenable noise performed by untalented neanderthals. Not true. This album convinced me that Death metal is performed by talented musicians who can create good atmospheres, rythms, and melodies and is just misunderstood because of the fact that it's more extreme than anything the mainstream has to offer. Having listened to their previous albums and a little of their latter work, I have jumped to the conclusion that this album was basically a mix of their early, brutal style and their melodic side. I personally like the drumming and the guitar work of this album which remains very heavy but smooth at the same time. Peter Tagtgren's blending of Death metal bellows and raspy Black metal vocals works well with the music. Some shocking surprises about this album are portrayed at the end of the album with excellent back-to-back ballads (That's right. A Death metal band performing ballads. It's frightening, isn't it?). This is a Death metal cornerstone and I highly recommend this album to any fan of extreme metal.

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