Through Time and Death

One year of searching for this album led me to become more curious and anxious as time went by. I had heard this bands samples on their website, although short, they pleased me quite well. I had searched everywhere I could to get this album, and now, having recently accquired it, my expectations have been more than met.

This album, in my opinion, is a rather fine display of craftsmanship in the realm of symphonic black metal.. This little known band from Poland has put together such an awesome work of art that I have no choice but to recognize it. The whole album flows together so extremely well, it's almost as if it were one long song.

The music you can expect to find here is extremely atmospheric, very dark and sinister symphonic black metal, although borderlining on gothic at times. There is no massive display of technical skill to be found here, but what you can expect is a very well composed album that to me rivals Emperor's "In the Nightside Eclipse" in sheer songwriting. There are some long songs here, and the title track "Through Time and Death..." is nothing short of epic!

The keyboards are more of a main instrument than a tool used to create atmosphere, although it does that too. What I find very pleasing though is that the keyboards do not distract from the music at all, instead it blends together with the rest of the instruments, flowing very well throughout the whole album. I find the vocals very well done for this type of music, and you can compare them to most other black metal today. I wouldn't say that te vocals are the greatest part of the album though, that part is defnitely given to the combo of guitar and keyboard.

During some parts of the album, there are keyboard/drum/bass breakdowns that remind me alot of the soundtrack of "Castlevania: Symphony of the Night", so be sure to keep your ear open for those.

All in all, this is a mighty fine piece of work, although I know there are some people that dispise keys in black metal, or keys in metal at all, but for those who are fans of the genre, most definitely pick this up.