Ive said it before and Ill say it again, Heaven Shall Burn reigns supreme. I mean, the guy basically destroyed his throat in the name of Satan. He sounded like a haggard-ass, cranky old man shouting satanic slurs at neighborhood kids from his rocking chair, er., throne. Every song sounded the same, and Legion, bless him, had totally lost his voice by then. The rest of the CD drags its ass around like a worm-ridden hyena on a hot afternoon. This album starts off in the classic Marduk vein with a kick-ass track that stays cool for approximately thirty seconds. Their long sleeve shirt, don’t ask me how I know, said, Panzer Legions of Vondur on the back, and as everybody knows, anything related to black metal that uses the word, Panzer should generally be ignored, if not ridiculed, i.e., Panzer Division by Marduk, or Darkthrones Panzerfaust, which had one cool song. The only cool part about this was the cover art featuring Darth Vader. This was some of the most low-fi black metal ever, blowing away even Darkthrone in terms of downright ghastly production. Sure, the whole concept of Vondur was a joke, but that doesnt mean the record blew relentlessly. This was a musical abomination, through and through, with ALLs wretched vocals to top things off. IT and ALL birthed a stillborn with this one. Never mind.Īrguably the worst black metal album ever recorded. Wait, I guess I never took them too seriously to begin with. By Damned in Black, it was hard for me to take them seriously anymore. Thankfully, Horgh strapped on his your puck ain’t gettin’ past me, bitch shin guards and hopped aboard the Immortal caboose, improving the band in the latter part of their career even though their pics grew more preposterous with each album. Come to think of it, the entire album sounded bad on every level and was a step down from Pure Holocaust. Naturally, the drums required more from Abbath than on Pure Holocaust, but the poor guy just couldn’t keep up no matter how many times he unzipped his pants.
I mean, seriously, it must have the highest missed-bpm count of any black metal album in history. Anyway, Abbath’s drumming was just fucking heinous.
Probably because I was young and impressionable, and maybe even a bit lonely. Now that I reflect back on it, I wonder how I ever liked it. This album is, at the same time, totally fucking classic and totally fucking terrible. I’ll go first.In No Particular Order Fresh Off The Heels Of His Top 10 Most Ridiculous Black Metal Pictures, Mike From Hobart Continues To Call The Faggoths On Their Shit This week: the best black metal album of all time.
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