I have some personal anxiety upon receiving Watain's Lawless Darkness because it's either an affirmation of the critics' foretelling or a suppression of popular beliefs. This becomes an issue in light of the band's prior release, Sworn to the Dark, which contained some down-tempo moments termed as 'black-&-roll' (no, there's no white-&-roll) by lethargic journalism. Lawless Darkness is a continuity of the aforementioned ideas with even slower moments which would appease the doom fans. From another perspective, the music offered here could be a re-visit of '80s thrash with enough black metal powder smeared in the face of aggression. The sure thing with Lawless Darkness is the affirmation that Watain took a turn after Casus Luciferi- don't get me wrong, they are still black metal but different peddlers as it is. Highly anticipated but not my personal favourite.
