There’s just something about Greek black metal: raw yet melodic, enraged yet hopeful. Maybe it’s seeing all the magnificent ruins of classical civilization overrun with the witless maggots of today. Or knowing full well from their rich mythology just how fickle the gods can be. Whatever the cause, I am drawn there, to bathe in the wine-dark waters, be anointed with filth and arise again, cleansed of purity, to become the primal abomination I was born to be. Dave Aftandilian
The band pays tribute to old-school black metal without becoming a cliché. Their music is exactly what I want when I want to listen to straight-up Second Wave black metal. The riffs were memorable and weren’t diluted by too-long run times; the drums were resonant and powerful without being overpowering, and the songwriting was excellent overall.
Finland black metal band att the finest.
10/10
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Swirling guitars, furious drums, vocals that at the same time howl from infinite distance and are right up in your head; everything put into dissonant form with the help of unconventional songwriting. This album is my personal key to the icelanding black metal madness that I've ignored for way too long! Lukas Kaufmann