This is a review blog that critiques what is current and classic in heavy metal today. Each album is rated 1-10, one being the lowest drek imaginable, and 10 being an absolute motherfucker. I sincerely hope this helps you in your obsessive quest.
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Armanenschaft-Psychedelic Winter (2008)
How do you review something this purposefully shitty? Being familiar with the black metal bedroom band aesthetic, especially the Finnish variety, I know where this slop is coming from. It's extremely raw lo-fi black metal, played with punk-like sloppiness, and a noise band abandonment of form. It's enjoyable crappy, it succeeds in setting a strange and terrible ambiance, but can they be serious? Was this really recorded on a boombox? Can you listen to this for more than 5 minutes at a time? Ahhh, impressionable youth. Some great black metal bands have had their origins sounding not unlike these cretins. These guys aren't there yet, not by a longshot.
Rating: 5 out of 10
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