WATAIN

Release Year: 2005
Artist Origin: SWE
Style: relentless menacing infernal black metal

following debut full-length unanimously acclaimed in the underground, this glorious return of satanic black metal masters, Scandinavian deputy of unholy and morbid sound, with sophomore full-length [2003] forces the initial spark to glow brighter and more detailed: eight infernally penetrating harmonies pierce the listener's heart with black venom, while charismatic voice of frontman Erik chains the soul as well; it is truly unique experience, blinding the senses and blocking all rational thought with an otherworldly power, where fury and mysticism merge into an inexorable, hypnotic torrent of sound, and these are by no means empty superlatives, but proof of how uncompromising creative vision, captivating sense of atmosphere and meticulously cohesive compositional force can transform black metal into a tangible ritual; second CD pressing by original French label comes with twenty page booklet, full of occult mysticism