Style: raw black metal
Primary Emotions/Themes: wolves and their kin
Thoughts: I wish I could get into this album. All of the ingredients are there: strong riffs, great song structure, vocals that tie it all together. There is one thing though that just ruins this album for me though: the drums.
Are they well played? Yes, from what I can tell. Do they fit the music? Yes they do, quite well in fact. Why then? It's the god damn production.
It's not only fact that the bass drum sounds like a card board box, or that the snare sounds like a black metal take on St. Anger... it's not only that - it's the fact that they are pushed so far up in the mix that they become impossible to ignore.
God I wish I could get into this album. The riffs are great, the music itself is great - but the drums just destroy it for me. It's not only that they are poorly produced... it's that they are forced on the listener so strongly. If they were pushed back further in the mix I think I would truly enjoy this album, but as it is I'm done. I can't, and there is too much good music out there for me to force myself to like this.
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