Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Watain - (2010) Lawless Darkness [SOM 203D]


Behold the Swedish beasts of black metal called Watain who named themselves after a song by the ever influential Von. With the release of Lawless Darkness, the band continued on to further refine their song writing that has been clearly influenced by elements atypical to black metal formula. I can honestly say that Watain have nothing new to put on the table; this album follows similar production values and structure from Sworn to the Dark. Nevertheless, it is quite an entertaining black metal piece. The 14 - minute - long Waters of Ain is their most epic track to date featuring decent melodic solos with some riffs taken from Celtic Frost 'The Usurper'. You know this when you listen to it. Anyways, Watain do sell out these days but they still create good music unlike Cradle of Filth and Metallica who just cashed in on anything that corporate giants wanted them to emulate. I simply like this album. The digipak housing is very cool for a collector's item. If you are poseur, you won't buy this record but if you are true diehard fans, you will try your best to acquire a new copy regardless of the circumstances. Buy or die!

Track list:

1. Death's Cold Dark 5:29
2. Malfeitor 6:58
3. Reaping Death 5:07
4. Four Thrones 6:16
5. Wolves Curse 9:12
6. Lawless Darkness 6:08
7. Total Funeral 6:04
8. Hymn to Qayin 5:57
9. Kiss of Death 7:45
10. Waters of Ain 14:28
11. Chains of Death (Death SS Cover) [Hidden] 6:15

Total time: 79:39

Format: .flac
Quality: Lossless
Encoder Preset: -v0
Frequency Rate: 44 kHz
Cue Sheet: Non - Compliant
Average Bitrate: 1079 Kbps
Bit Depth: 16
Channel: Stereo
Size: 628 Mb (Un-Rar)

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