Journey Through The End Of Life    (Total Holocaust Records)

 This obscure Black Metal comes from the North-East Italy. The music this band plays, can be described as Black Metal in the early 90's Nordic tradition, highly influenced by the sound of Burzum (original?...pff!). The music varies between some slow melodic parts and fast cruel Black Metal passages, the vocal work here is pretty remarkable, consisting in some trollish infernal shrieks. The album is melancholic and melodic, with an obscure aura, still repetitive and cyclic. The band bases it music in the melodic yet hellish atmosphere than the furious and sometimes senseless, destructive heaviness. The guitars are a Black Metal standard, but pretty legible, the drumming slow to fast, reminds me a lot the drumming at the early (pre Filosofem) Burzum’s works. The final song is “Spell Of Destruction” a Burzum cover fits perfectly with the concept of whole album. A good album with some remarkable points in the over saturated “Old School” Black Metal scene.(AP)