Anaboth
Nie Czas Pmiotów
[Independent]


Eschewing ambient atmospherics, Anaboth creates a utilitarian form of black metal employing a straight-forward, old school composition approach. Having an almost traditional metal feel with its preference for riffing rather than speedy, sweeping chord progressions, the music at once draws the listener in with its catchiness and repulses you with its harsh, no-frills aesthetic. Impressions of quirky Greek black metal, early Bathory and Vikernes' orcish vocals come to mind. For this reviewer, this is more of a "bang your head" metal moment than something to listen to while contemplating mass extermination or your insanity caused by glimpsing an unspeakable horror from beyond the stars. (NOTE: I'm assuming this is black metal, everything is in Polish or some other Slavic language, and I haven't a clue what it says other than the words "Cthulhu" and "Szatana". So, it probably incorporates a little Satanism and Necronomicon/Lovecraft mythos.


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