The decision to review this album presented me with a challenge. This is a Russian Atmospheric Black Metal album (that's what the band define themselves). It seems almost an impossible task for me to tell exactly what it is in my opinion, It's a complex piece. I humbly present to you, the reader, my modest review. Perhaps the most remarkable thing about this release is its sheer scope. Although it is certainly not an instrumental album, there are few lyrics; the primary mode of expression is through the music itself, which they have achieved. You can listen to this album and feeling like in a desolate and abandoned village. The instrumentation on this release is mainly generated using keyboards and strange sounds. However, by and large, the sound isn't bad at all. A real highlight of the release is the vocals. The performance is a mix between melancholy and Rage. Tragic-sounding pieces, the voice is applied to the more sweeping portions, producing a really thrilling sound. It’s hard to describe this music in detail. I'd recommend this to anyone drawn in wonder to the mysterious dark ambient listeners in general. This is music to daydream of orcs marching to war, magick rising from the depths of deep lakes and churches set aflame in the dead of night, marking a blaze in the sky.www.facebook.com/istinabm
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Review by Paul Caravasi
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