Death Triumphant

The only good thing about the previous album was the cover, "Hell Eternal" had its single bright point in the last song and "Lords of the Nightrealm" was a total mistake. It seems that this awful serie finally stopped with "Death Triumphant" and Setherial is back with some good stuff, though still the musical quality of the first album of the band is out of its range.

Setherial is one of the bands that don't need any change to feel still fresh, though it doesn't mean that the freshness stays in the music. "Death Triumphant" is an usual album, whatever it means, and you should not look for new things in here. Actually, I don't know why this album seems more interesting for me than the previous one - probably it's the effect of better developped atmosphere and some tempo-changes, which are not a common thing in such music. The riffs stay not recognisable and surely not innovative, as if they were pulled out from a trash pile, where all the black metal bands leave what they don't use anymore.

It seems that the only good thing in the album is the specific atmosphere and some variety, which form already a step forward for Setherial. The riffs are still poor and without them the band will never join the best. Still, the album is worth hearing, even though it's not worth spending a fortune on.