Additional info Guitars & Vocals Recorded by Robb Bockman at The Maleficarum, Portland, Or. Drums Recorded by Shane Howard at Sawn & Quartered, Denver, Co. Mixed & Mastered by Arthur Rizk.
Really really good. I hadn't heard the first album of theirs, and I'm listening to that now. I think I enjoyed this one more of first listen, but both are solid albums. Either this year seems to be a good year for black metal, or I missed a lot of releases last year.
Fantastic album. Everything I want out of a black metal album. Blast beats, droning repetitive trem pick melodies and growl. Not very original, but well executed.
I am in love with this album. Just as good as their debut or maybe better than that. Songs are both aggressive and melancholic. I am addicted to this album right now
This album is on repeat like for one week for me. Damn, it is addicting. Sometimes they remind of agalloch here and there. They are surely faster and have lots of vocal variations which makes listening intriguing considering they have a pretty much solid standard meloblack sound.
On par with but the debut in terms of songwriting, and has insanely great riffs and a slightly improved production overall, and it's very consistent too with every track being at least solid and enjoyable. The only thing letting it down though is the annoying snare!
This album is moderately enjoyable, but “Snakes And Vultures” will forever make me laugh. The “fucking snakes and vultures” at 2:27 is clearly intended to be sinister and badass. Instead, it misses the mark so hard it comes across like a pissed off grandpa complaining about invasive species ruining his garden.