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Klabautamann - The Old Chamber (2011)
Delivering 47 minutes of forward-thinking Black Metal, today we have Germany’s Klabautamann and their very interesting “The Old Chamber” release. While every other BM band is trying to be more evil than the others, it is very nice to hear so many bands from Germany (like Farsot, etc) that are trying to keep alive a genre that is plagued by bad songwriting and toilet-sounding low-fi releases. With “The Old Chamber”, the band manages sound a bit like Primordial but keeping a bigger Black Metal edge. With “Mary’s Abbey” the band delivers commanding riffs and hellish vocals nicely surrounded by a dense atmosphere. The guitar work is excellent and carries this song nicely, never going over the top and establishing a very determined pace. Another onslaught of riffs is on the horizon with the more aggressive “Fog Spawn”. Here the band sounds very much like a mixture of Primordial with Vreid, very impressive we might add. In the vein of Taake and Horna, “The Crown of the Wild” delivers a traditional Black Metal formula but with some clean vocals and interesting ‘slower’ passages, keeping things fresh and enjoyable. |