Catching up buzzed about albums that slipped under my radar. I have reviewed most of their previous album, the earlier work is better. This album opens with the intensity you want from black metal It storms along like Immortal, though the vocals are shouted out in a very staccato manner. The song after this just kind of blasts along a similar current that does not do as much for me, as I am not a big fan of when all of a band's songs sound the same. Is their drummer a machine, able to keep up with the guitars? Sure. The album has a massive sound so that might impress you. If you begin skipping a little on the song to see if it goes anywhere, it does not seem to be heading away from this buzz. There are many guitar parts piled on top of one another, so maybe you are in very subtle difference.
The same blasting buzz kicks in for "Upon this shore' and it bores me. There are some guitar melodies but it feels like a mute point if it is layered over the same tempos as the other songs. The first real change happens at about four and a half minutes in but it's woefully short-lived. The title track does find things dropping down midway into the song. But these songs are really long for them to just blast off one theme. Maybe things are going to take a turn at this point. The 11-minute song "the Silent Grace' opens with clean guitar offering a more melancholic turn. We are not midway into the album, so they took their time getting here., The singer from Primordial joins in on this one. Making it the album's best song,
"To the Edge of Tyranny" is more straightforward and in your face which is an improvement, as it's not just blasting you into a coma. The last song "In Insurrection" snarls with conviction as they attack in a more deliberate yt blackened manner. I will give this album an 7.5, as it gets better midway through and the overall sound of the album compensates as a whole.
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