The fourth issue called Advent Parallax released by US black metal band AVERSE SEFIRA defines in the very beginning the tempo and the direction of the record with the first song Descension already. They directly show to the listener that aggression and celerity are the main topics of this record.

Unfortunately there is nothing more to await. The Texans offer a raw and brutal form of black metal. Guitar riffs and the sound of the drums slightly remember Satyricon and more they remember 1349. Nevertheless all titles on Advent Parallax are missing the melody and diversity we know from Satyricon. It seems by all the aggression the trio forgot how to create coherent compositions. Most of the songs are sounding the same. As for my favorite the songs are way too long: first listening to more than 2 and ½ minutes long time to the same riffs, then suddenly an abrupt change and you think to yourself “ah, great finally a new song” until the same hammering returns unexpected. Confused you are looking to the display of the CD-player “oh is it jumping? Is it out of order? The same song again...”, just to find out it still is the same song... :(

This record is missing originality and as mature as coherent songs as well as diversity among the different songs. Distraught aggressiveness by hook or by crook is killing my nerves. Especially because it brings such monotony along, this is making the minutes of the way too lengthy songs lasting forever, while waiting for interesting ideas. That is why I personally lost the joy of listening to this record very quickly. Maybe additional to that I am a bit disappointed, because when a band is putting out their fourth record and is 12 years long at the market I expect a little bit more than that...