Nightwork - Diabolical Masquerade

Diabolical Masquerade is the now-defunct near-one-man-band of black metal musician Blakkheim, supported by Edge of Sanity's Dan Swanö on energetic drums. Blakkheim's performance is pretty incredible, from his vocals that scream as well as they wail to his moody keyboards and memorable melodic guitar lines, making this experimental black metal of the finest breed. The keyboards set the tone for the entire album, which ranges from slow and melodic to blistering and hateful but is always engrossing. The cameo appearances of unusual instruments such as xylophone will doubtless throw off casual listeners, who shouldn't really be venturing this far towards the dark ...  Read the complete review