Unholy Terror Union

What have we here? A split record featuring Azaghal! "Something new for a change" *cough cough sarcasm*. Nay, no mockery today. This split 7" is actually pretty good. At least Azaghal's side.

Gosforth comes from Italy, and plays pretty fast and "raw" black metal, but doesn't manage to be original in any way. Midtempo drumming mayhem and speedy guitars with mediocre vocals. Pretty basic bm-riffs. Nothing to comment here, nothing new. Stuff that you won't listen to the second time. Two tracks from them.

Then comes Azaghal's turn. One song (or actually intro / the actual song in one track) entitled "Tuoni / Virvatulia" (Virvatulia = Will-o'-the-wisps). The best song of Azaghal. Two minutes of symphonic bullshit... Sounds of thunder... BLASTBEAT! Some of the best intros I've ever heard. Unhuman warmachine (drummachine) pounding very fast, Narqath strumming the hell out of his guitar, and Varjoherra screams his guts out. Has some nice clear vocals in the back. After a couple of minutes the song slows down for a solo part, which is followed by a slower despair-part featuring acoustic guitars and clear vocals. After a minute (or so) the song returns to a midtempo ending.

You may have understood my point. Only because of Azaghal, I've given 85 points to this 7". If this was Gosforth's own 7", I'd give it 40-50 points, only because of the song "Ancient Knowledge", which is almost decent piece of blasting black metal. They still need a bit more speed, training and depth to sound great.

This 7" is HIGHLY recommended to fans of previous Azaghal-releases, and to EVERYONE who still haven't realized what this band is all about. BLACK TERROR METAL. With a feeling.