Style: melodic black metal
Primary Emotions/Themes: the defining statement of Watain's sound, the perfection of melodic black metal
Thoughts: Sometimes I wonder where an album comes from. Greatness comes from a completely unexpected place. Prior to Lawless Darkness I did not care for any of Watain's music. I found it to be boring and uninspired black metal. So when this album released I thought nothing of it. I only gave it a listen because one of the people who's opinion I trust on music compared this album to Dissection.
While I'm not sure on the Dissection comparisons, Lawless Darkness certainly is an album that demands respect and attention. The melodies here are among some of the absolute best I've heard in black metal. The songs are long and are filled with enough outstanding riffs and melodies to justify their run time. In fact just about everything in this album is more than enough to justify the album's run time.
Watain has never repeated the success of this album to my ears. but that just makes my job easier. I only need one album from the band and this is undoubtedly it. As close as you can get to perfection in the melodic black metal genre.
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