Race Of Cain - Forgotten Woods

'Race of Cain' is a bold and intriguing comeback album for Norway's Forgotten Woods, favouring a lo-fi production quality comparable to many black metal demos from a decade earlier and concentrating more squarely on exposing the hypocrisy of Christianity, culminating in the extended sample of a radio interview with preacher Bob Larson in 'Third Eye,' bookended by the most furious musical performance of the album. The weak production does serve to spoil the album from a technical point of view, though it does aid the dingy and intensely raw atmosphere. This mainly presents a problem in the couple of tracks where the style follows a more traditional speedy black ...  Read the complete review