Band:	Kozeljnik
Album:	Null: The Acheron Of Multiform Negation
Style:	Black metal
Release date:	February 19, 2013
A review by:	BitterCOld

01. As If Through A Myriad Of Shades
02. Evoking The Furtive Depths (Reprisal)
03. Time, Neglected In The Wound Of A Martyr
04. Come, Thou Abhorred And Incessant
05. Scourged With Apathy
06. Wrecked In Ruins Of Solitude

Glad I delayed on reviewing Null: The Acheron Of Multiform Negation by Serbia's Kozeljnik a little bit. Aside from taking a couple weeks and more than a half dozen listens to get through Null: The Thesaurus Edition, it took me about that long to get through the vocals.

On first listen, the rather theatrical vocals, which at times seem like something along the likes of Bobcat Kvarforth, at other times Mayhemic, really bugged me.

After repeated listens (perhaps aided by repeated barley sodas) they wore down my resolve and I grew to at least tolerate them if not outright enjoy them.

Kozeljnik's music is predominately mid-paced black metal. Interesting riffs are enhanced by some swell sound - not too polished, nor vbergrim - just right. At some points the tempo slowed and a vocal adjustment ended up with a doomy riff reminiscent of Isole.

All this midpace slogging about, coupled with some harmonies and a little vocal histrionics sort of wears on you so by the time the band kick it up a notch pace-wise with in "Scourged With Apathy" you get an extra bit of a jolt. "Now we're cooking! With gas!"

Ultimately, Null: Lots Of Five Dollar Words isn't going to set the world - or a church - on fire, but Kozeljnik have put together a nice slice of darkness. If you'll give it a couple passes to acclimate yourself to The Koz's vocal patterns.

(Shit. The Koz? I just came up with this at the end of the review? Now I have visions of a corpsepainted, axe and jello pudding pop wielding black metal dvde showing off jazz dance moves in a technicolor vomit sweater. Alas.)