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Gorbalrog - Untergang

An unknown gem - 80%

NH, March 1st, 2008

This is the debut-CD from Dortmund's Gorbalrog, and it is a rather interesting CD indeed. The band does hardly use any of the stereotypes many Black Metal bands do, but this is very independent. Starting with a accoustical riff, followed by a blastpart that could have been on Satyricon's "The Shadowthrone", they develop into a total different direction. A mixture of thrash-influenced riffs, blastparts, some danceable parts ("Sternengriff") and many other ingredients, but the mainpoints is that they always keep an eye on good melodies and well- structured songs. All those who are able to understand German should as well have a look at the lyrics which seem to be very personal ideas; by the way, the vocals are nearly understandable, so they are not very extreme, and especially the clean vocals in the chorus of "Aeonen Verwesender Anmut" are rather fantastic. Nothing is perfect yet, some parts maybe too uninspired, nevertheless a good album und they don’t set themselves any limits, but just do what they want and celebrate emotional music, maybe that´s why it sounds fresh?

Favourite Tracks: Aeonen Verwesender Anmut, Widergeist

(Originally published in The Purgatory Of Grief 1999-2001 (RIP))