Sunday, December 12, 2010

The Wretched End: Ominous

L-R: Cosmo/ Samoth/ Nils Fjellstrom

When Emperor split up, Samoth remained on the aggressive turf with the formation of Zyklon while ex-band mate, Ihsahn, moved on with his brand of progression. It seems that Samoth's flavour of the moment had not digressed with The Wretched End, but this time with lesser black metal additives.



Ominous offers 12 tracks (less the 33s atmospheric intro) of death-thrash, relentless aggression if you are not sure what to expect. The drumming here is one of the best in terms of  precision but I wish there were more marked solos to complement the music in whole.

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