Sargeist / Temple of Baal

Sargeist's "Wraith Messiah", the only track carved to vinyl by the band on this release, is essentially in keeping with the stylistic approach pursued on the excellent "Satanic Black Devotion" but with somewhat less passion. However, there is an added measure of rawness in this production as compared to the aforementioned full length, which allows the vocals to be more grating on the ears. Musically, this track engages some variety of tempos. Emotions arduously bleed through a dismal desolation with the sense of bat dung and the murky gloom of cave dwelling. The lyrics are of the literary quality that has come to be expected from this band.
Side b is bumbled through by this Temple of Baal in what could be imagined as some juvenille whiskey fuel stupor of totally uninteresting nothing. Splitting this EP with such a band makes little sense. Another Sargeist track would have been far more appreciated.