A plainspoken assessment of a Russian occult black metal record: sound, songwriting, production, thematic focus, and the reviewer’s pick of standout tracks and score.
Sound: dark, distorted, and raw production with heavy tremolo-picked riffs and blast-beat passages that reference 1990s second-wave black metal.
Themes and vocals: high-pitched black metal screams and lyric matters focused on Occultism, Qabalah, Enochian, Qliphoth, and Left Hand Path ideas.
Recommendation and score: reviewer recommends 'Matriarchatus Infernus Noctis Daemonecare' and 'Ignis Nomenis Tuis' and rates the album 8 out of 10.
A very dark and distorted sound starts off the album before going into a heavier direction while the tremolo picking in the guitar riffing also gives the music more of a raw feeling. A great portion of the tracks are also very long and epic in length and the vocals are mostly high pitched black metal screams. When the music speeds up a decent amount of blast beats can be heard while the music also adds in a lot of 90's second wave influences.
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