Koolacc, Metalzone website [Czechia]:

Obtest (along with Windir) occupy the highest position in my personal top pagan/folk black metal bands chart and this status is really well-deserved. Not only is the music of these Lithuanians highly original, it's also insanely catchy and enjoyable. What they have in common with other pagan metal bands is the drumming style and the guitar sound, although I personally consider Obtest's guitars even more buzzing and unclear than it's usual in this genre. The main difference lies in the vocals. Sung in Lithuanian, clean vocals (well, clean, they sound kind of drunken, hard to explain, you have to hear it :-)), not really usual for a pagan black band, fit Obtest's music pretty well.
On this four-track EP Dvylika Juodvarniu (Twelve black crows) one can hear all characteristic features of Obtest and even more :-) It's a pity that this EP is the only album, for which the English translations of the lyrics are not available :-(
The EP starts off with a song with the same name Dvylika Juodvarniu. A song full of typical sometimes even heavy metal Obtest riffs. It could very well be on the previous album Auka Seniems Divams.
The second song is my personal favourite from this EP and one of my favourite Obtest tracks at all, catchy riff in the beginning, catchy riffs in the rest of the song and all in all this song contains all the features, which I love about Obtest. If the song had a better sound, I could imagine it very well on the new album Is Kartos I Karta.
The third piece is a cover version of a homonymous song from a band Anubi (avant-garde black metal), where the guitarist Sadlave used to play. Unlike the original, this version could be enjoyable to listen to :-) The duration was halved, cacophonic passages were filtered, but even so it is not very good song. Covering something from Loits or Skyforger, bands genre-wise closer to Obtest, could produce a much better result.
The EP ends with a slow song Kelias played mostly on an acoustic guitar, which slowly turns into a lengthy solo. Interesting vocals, great atmosphere.
I'm giving quite a high score, high quality pagan metal record with only one weaker spot (third song) which only confirms that Baltic pagan metal shouldn't be overlooked. [8,5 / 10]