Not much to say. This record’s incredible. Go listen to it!
Unlike most United States black metal bands, New Jersey’s Krieg has no interest in getting past the bratty clatter of their second-wave Scandinavian influences. Songs don’t get symphonic, they’re not injected with overt nods to the avant-garde, and they sure as hell aren’t finding space for horns, dance rhythms, or whatever else is supposed to differentiate the experimental Americans from their conservative European forefathers. Krieg make raw, uncooked black metal: pummeling drums, buzzing scuzzy wall of noise guitars, and pained depressed vocals…
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