Since Costa released this he cannot possibly review this himself. So the noble task is upon my shoulders and everyone knowing me just a tiny little bit knows I'd kick his butt mercilessly for releasing any crap...!!! However, ,Karisma" is far from being crap. Gezol San and his two fellow warriors and beer mongers have come up with an album that tops everything since their first two CDs. Quite obviously the countless rerecordings and 7"EPs they amused themselves with (and drove all collectors into absolute despair with) during the later 90s have had a profoundly refreshing influence on them. In style they are of course still doing Black Metal that's based on the formulas of the NWOBHM almost entirely but their delivery sounds fresher than in quite some years. If you know the least bit about Heavy Metal in general or Black Metal in particular you already bought this anyways, but this is one of the rare albums everybody should own. Period.

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