Saturday, July 16, 2011

Anaal Nathrakh-The Codex Necro (2001)


I can imagine the reaction 10 years ago. This band is in passion of one of the most brutal, unrelenting sounds in all of black metal. It sounds that way even now. But unfortunately, it's really too much of a good thing. Everything is ridiculously distorted, to the point where the production simply cannot keep up. The bass is a fuzzed out mess, even the drum programming is drenched in it. Heavy sound effects cannot make up for lack of imagination, as this album is repetitive and a little hard to sit through. The title song is the best on the album, where this the songwriting actually equals the band's evil sonic ambitions. And that makes it just a one song album. Too bad.

Rating: 5 out of 10

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