Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Eastern Front: Blood on Snow


Eastern Front is a quintet of black metal proponents from the UK. What they offer in Blood on Snow is a chapter of war tunes. You might expect some savage production here by virtue of the genre but this has to be one of the most well-produced releases with each & every instrument playing, clearly audible for scrutiny.

Music-wise, Eastern Front embraces an up-front, brash guitar assault, akin to the materials churned out by Endstille & Krieg, among others. The difference here would be the efforts by the band in making the riffs melodic & differentiated, audible in both left & right channels if you enjoy your music through headphones.

Despite a praise-worthy performance & certainly making Blood on Snow one of the better releases in 2010, what's inadequate here is a touch of class. In the attempt to be presentable, maybe the subconscious ingredient- a relentless, attacking element - could have been more up-front. Nevertheless, this is recommended listening.

1 comment:

reuel said...

their songs are pretty long...not as long as actavarium but still longer than most average songs lol. still they make a nice listen when i just wanna daydream haha