I have always had a personal consideration for US Black Metal; bands like Absu & Krieg prove to the European pessimists that there is a noir stronghold at the other side of 'the pond'. Leviathan here, is a one-man show featuring Wrest (pic)
2008's Massive Conspiracy Against All Life is only Leviathan's third full length release since the churning out of countless demos since 1998. This 7-track album is not for fans of the impatient & BM converts as the individual responsible for the music (he's the only one in the band...) had chosen to stay on track with the depressive, soundscape-laden music of which Xasthur is a champion of. Nevertheless, the overall music does include moments of accelerated anger but these are indeed numbered.In context, Massive Conspiracy Against All Life offers nothing too deviant in light of its preceding release, Tentacles of Whorror. I personally feel the album has taken a turn for the excessive sonic abrasion (those countless hissing, phasing, et al) which was done rather excessively, making it a bore at times. A release for the cult-follower this is, easy litening it is not (was black metal easy listening to begin with?).
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