S/T  (Suffering Jesus Productions)

 Don’t get confused by the awful cover art… the cartoonish monk on the front cover has nothing to do with the musical proposal of this Canadian one man Black Metal band, in fact, the music of Beyond The Ninth Wave could be easily classified as Grim Suicidal Black Metal, in the finest vein of Burzum. The album starts with some clean guitars and wind sounds, all this with a really depressive mood, after this, quite short, intro, all the obscure magnificence appears, adorned (and driven) by high tuned, strident guitars which create the electric, suffocating and hellish atmospheres that, slowly becomes the trademark of this work. The voices are absolutely remarkable; high pitched blackish screams, which immediately reminds me the Count Grishnak vocal work… but even more raw and ripping, the desperation and suffering transmitted by the voice of Morder creates the perfect aura for the whole album. The music flows at varied velocities, being the slow passages the most notable, there’re, of course, some blasting passages, but Beyond The Ninth Wave seems to focus its sound in the tormented and suffocating atmospheres. As you probably expect from a one-man-Burzum-inspired Black Metal band, this is extremely misanthropic and suicidal music; titles like “Suicidal Winter” and “Artic Holocaust” are the perfect example of the lyrical approach… and songs like “Trostlosigkeit” are the reaffirmation of its firm Anti-Life posture, with melodies that will freeze your blood and will make you thinks about your worthless existences… Although this isn’t a completely original work, Beyond The Ninth Wave delivers a highly interesting Black Metal, worthy of all our attention… If you hate all form of life, including yours… this work will draw a big smile in your miserable face (AP)