Black Church

This album is nothing short of a masterpiece, or the description I gave in just the title. Why can't more black metal be adept like this? I mean, Enochian Crescent has this "fuck everyone else" type of attitude with the music, writing outside the boring, overplayed norm. Fuck the kvlt, bring on the good music.

Everything varies so much. Usually a black metal band doesn't even have as many different riffs in a one hour album that Enochian Crescent has in a three minute song. Not only are these guitar riffs amazing, but so are the drums, bass, and vocals. One minute you have slower chord progressions and a softer vocal that is very quickly ripped away by a blistering tremolo riff and extremely harsh vocals, then you are thrown into a melodic section, followed nicely by technical riffing.

The production quality isn't your stereotypical "recorded on a cellphone in a dryer" and "burned onto oak tree bark CD's by hand" type that black metal is plagued with. Times have changed, and music has evolved, but black metal has devolved, for the most part. Well not these guys. Crisp, clean, clear production quality. I can actually tell what notes (and oh so many notes) they are playing, the bass drum doesn't sound like a flat tire, and the vocals, although harsh, are still understandable.

If you want a good, adept black metal album, I seriously encourage you to buy this album, as well as their other albums. You won't be disappointed, unless you like not understanding what you are listening to.