INFINITY – The Arcane Wisdom Of Shadows
 
Label: Bloodred Horizon Records
Release: October 31   2008
By: Stormlord
Rating: 8/10
Time: 54:41
Style: Black Metal
URL: Infinity
 

After a short while it is clear for me that INFINITY are on the right path! The able artists cudgel through mighty dark and detailed hymns in the vein of such masters like Naglfar or Dissection
The sentimental introduction called Precatio Luciferius is just over, as the song From The Eternal Seas He Rises enthuses with impelling melodies, an acoustic middle part as well as an aggressive but not overacted brutal voice. The two guys perform in mostly fast manner and they know very well how to combine effective riffs and egregious refrains adeptly.
Among others, the acoustic guitar’s introduction of The Rise Of Azazel turns out to be very felicitous. In further course, drum hits and harmonic leads are adopted, ere the acoustic storm gets unleashed after a minute. The furiousness does not seem to be unstructured or chaotic at all – unfortunately INFINITY forgot in this case to write an egregious chorus for this well done track and so I miss a hook that stays in my long term memory.
Afterwards I look for contrasting acoustic or slower elements in vain, but just in this moment I complain about this instance, a short borne intermezzo is offered. Though, some songs turn out to be too one-dimensional at the end and therefore I have to revise my enthusiasm a little bit.
An occult interplay with spoken conjuring lyrics leads us to the monumental work The Legend Of The Sunken Monastery, which offers acoustic guitars as a brownie. In the beginning I appreciate the choral-like vocals, then middle paced, stomping rhythms dominate and are combined harmonically with plucked melodies, crowned by an egregious solo.. A while later, INFINITY let the hammer reign for two minutes, ere the monks’ choir closes the circle adequately – in all, this is an acoustic adventure!
The concluding interpretation of Night’s Blood is a nice bowing before mighty Dissection, but INFINITY cannot attach any individual element to this cover version – what a pity!

INFINITY play painstaking elaborated, partly fulminant Black Metal on The Arcane Wisdom Of Shadows drifting to monotony from time to time. Blessed with powerful sounds, the band will surely evoke some enthusiastic grins among the fans of Dark Funeral, Setherial or the groups named further above.