DIABOLICUM - The Grandeur Of Hell

 
Label:Napalm Records

Release: 1999

EquimanthorN

Points:   5

 
It's Sweden time again.... this is the main project of Setherial member Sasrof (which gives the label the golden opportunity to write ‚featuring members of...' into every singe ad...), who, very surprising, seems to have a faible for fast Black Metal. I actually expected something a little bit more innovative, since there was talk about their industrial influences everywhere, but the only things industrial I could find here are the hyper - fast drum computer, some samples and two rather boring ‚ambient' songs which seem to work as an outro. Other than that it's just a pretty unoriginal mix of Swedish and Norwegian BM. Riffs, songwriting and playing abilities are above average and it's surely not a bad album, but I'd rather listen to Under A Funeral Moon for the 666th time before putting this on again....
Recommended to fans of standard BM who can generously ignore the electronic elements thrown in to make it look more original.

Diabolicum