I was very worried about the
health of that band after two weak albums, the last one was very poor but here
come the return from behind, from the grave."Carnage..."
is a devastating black metal album without compromises but made with the black
mind, not a simple demonstration of brutality, it’s my idea of that kind of
straight and cold black metal. When I listen to a good but fair American black
metal band like Thornspawn and to "Carnage..." I think that the main
difference is the Enthroned have in their roots the awesome vision of "Prophecies
of Pagan Fire", their incredible debut, so there is a powerful but very
harsh and abrasive sound and some very good ideas on the guitar riffs. They have
the strong engine of the electric storm and the magic black essence of the early
days in an explosive mix, an hateful hymn to the annihilation summoned by the
hellfire, a bloody dedication.
Like Tsjuder Enthroned use to filter death and thrash influences in a dominant
black metal cult of darkness.
A special mention goes to the drumming desecrator Alsvid, also in Seth, tight
and monumental, fast but various, simply perfect.
The years are passing by but the underground attitude of that bands isn’t
passing, remaining a fist in the face of god, restless.
