Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Den Saakaldte - All Hail Pessimism (2009)

Abrasive guitar chords, anguished screams rendered low in the mix, percussion that’s almost inaudible and extremely underproduced. That describes a lot of black metal, and Den Saakaldte are certainly one of the bleaker ones. Whereas some black metal bands play with intensity and speed, these guys don’t. This music has the requisite mood, but doesn't hit with as heavy a hand as this stuff can. This is a long album, and though black metal is a niche genre, the fact that this is over an hour of music that isn’t especially varied, will further limit their fanbase, but it’s more about mood than anything else, and this does what it does competently.


7.0 / 10

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