"Black Metal" is what this could be classified as. And I love every minute of this. Done in the traditional Polish style, Infernum is basically the Graveland line-up, but with the members switched around. Although nowhere as good as Graveland, Infernum do have a special quality/ambience about them, mainly because the music is done in a truly trance like fashion.

Everything here is fairly slow paced, and filled with a mass aura of depressing, yet smooth keyboards, and Polish style vocals. The deep sounding synths create an excellent feeling of deep depression, combined with a near "floating" ambience, and coupled with the hate-filled vocals, the equilibrium is nothing less than successful.

At times moving into soundscapes similar to modern Graveland, Infernum normally do stay on their own path though. Take the magnificent track, "Weltmacht Oder Nedergang" for example. It starts out with a painful sounding synth driven feel, but than drops into some rougher sounding guitar sections. Or the track "Cathari Sects", where the synth and a tight guitar riff alternate between themselves, creating a semi-epic ambience.

A wonderful album by all means. While not quite as good as Graveland, it should be checked out by all fans of the Polish scene. Another mentioning is that Infernum are no more. Anextiomarus has been kicked from Graveland, and for that matter, the entire Polish scene. I'm still waiting for the un-released version of the second Infernum album to come out (well, actually come in the mail), and even though it doesn't contain vocals or track listings, I'll report on it as soon as it comes in.

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