Opus Nocturne - Marduk

Marduk's third album continues on a high and manages to match or even exceed its predecessor, boasting the same degree of diversity that is evidently very necessary, considering how the few songs that fail to vary their style, such as 'Untrodden Paths,' end up sounding comparatively tedious. The guitars are still excellent, but due to the production, or perhaps simply their often inhuman speed, the drums put across an unappealing false sound, but this is soon forgotten. The vocals are particularly impressive, cackling and screaming with all the intensity of black metal that bands soon lost as they began to imitate an established style, and the band isn't ...  Read the complete review