Style: Black metal
Primary Emotions/Themes: Pure unadulterated black metal
Thoughts: Every band, even the finest in the genre, have an album that doesn't seem to click. This is that album for me and Abigor.
It's well documented elsewhere how much I revere this band. They have managed to create some of the finest black metal to ever be released and are likely my favorite band in the genre. While all of that is still true on this release, the band seems to have an approach on this album that does not make a lasting impression on me.
The band has completely forgone keyboards, electronics, clean vocals, and anything else besides the most traditional staples in the genre. Guitar, vocals (crazy as they are), drums and bass. Nothing more, nothing less.
The song writing on the album is as aberrant and unpredictable as always with Abigor, it just seems to be needlessly limited. At any point there is only ever two guitars playing, the band's past shows that they are capable of so much more. Three even four guitars/melodies at once are not uncommon practice. It seems like the album would have benefited greatly from the inclusion of an extra guitar or two at places, if not through the entire album.
That said, this is still Abigor. Their art is unmistakable and that is still the case here. The song structures, the riffs, the vocals. All of it screams Abigor. That by itself is enough to elevate this album well above most of it's peers.
Unlike nearly every other Abigor album I don't have a lot to say about this one. It's unremarkable for such an accomplished band. It is by far the least listened to album of theirs that I have in my collection. Despite all of this it still manages to be an above average black metal album. It simply does not live up to the legacy that the band has set.
Written April 19th 2024
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