Style: Black metal
Primary Emotions/Themes: a cold wall of sound that reflects a blizzard in the heart of winter
Thoughts: Sometimes I struggle to explain why I like one album over another. I feel like no matter how many words I use to describe Das Tor it will sound like any other black metal album, but it is so much more than that.
Somehow these four epic songs have managed to create the near perfect atmosphere. The music conforms to everything you would expect from black metal: constant blast beats, repeating riffs, unintelligible vocals, production so raw that it bleeds... the works. But this is an instance where the music is greater than the sum of its parts.
The individual components do not do much on their own, but as they get combined they create this harsh and unforgiving atmosphere. It's cold, ruthless and completely desolate. For 80 minutes I'm transported to a realm where life ceases to exist and only the ghosts of those who have attempted to traverse this frozen tundra exist. It is a ruthless landscape... and it is the very essence of Das Tor.
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