NAGLFAR
Diabolical (Regain Recs)
Reviewed by Jason Thornberry

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The five chaps in Naglfar step to the mic with creepy keyboards, hummingbird guitars, blast beats, and yet another crazed muppet for a singer. This 1998 album was re-issued recently, but was that really necessary? I searched the lyrics for something without all the horror and chaos typically associated with standard black metal ditties, and found these key-words and phrases, some repeated:

kill, night sky prophecy, haunt me, sin, hate, pain, blood, sorcery, cold voids of eternity, death, shadows, shadow of death, fate, eternal night, plagues, horncrowned majesty, grief, lord of fire, foul, Lucifer's domain, soul insane, sulfur kingdom, abyss, infernal masterplan, blackhearted, faceless, bringer of storms, broken wings, the sweet sound of angels crying, bodies torn, saturate the heavens with their blood, brimstone gate, Thanatos, Pariah, Lucifer, Hypnos, apocalypse, scorching heat, rebirth of evil, raped, shredded tears, damnation, hell-fires, lost souls, crumble to dust, lamentations, cascades of fire, wicked ones, virgin hearts impaled, stygian supremacy, demon wings, and burning eyes

Considering that those lines are just in the first three tracks, Diabolical is rather hellish and slow going if you've an appetite for musical ground even remotely fresh.

3/10

© 2004 - Jason Thornberry