Rasluka Part II

This really is the most stunning EP I have ever heard from a black metal band. The vocals are terrifically evil, and the riffs are a typical tremelo black metal affair, but they somehow contain a depressing melody. Suicidal, in fact.

Saying that, they are still thick and dirty, as they should be. Also, the riffs don't change much in the songs, sticking to three or four for an entire song. The drums, while incredibly simple, are also very effective. The bass is barely ever heard above the masses of riffing, but when it is, it's pretty much typical for the genre, nothing spectacular.

But, I hear you ask 'What is so great about this?' Well, first of all, the songs. They feel like they mean so much to listener, and to Kanwulf himself (this is, of course excluding the intro, which is only a flute song, but is still touching in its own special way). The way Kanwulf performs his vocals, you can feel his anger, hatred and misanthropic ways seething through into you, hoping to take you down into the depths of depravity.

Then there's the killer track, 'Abschiedsbrief Des Prometheus'. Which has killer riffs and movements throughout the entire song. Topped off with the filthy hateful vocals, it seeks you out, and hopes to drive you to suicide by the end of the seven minutes. And, that's rather apt really, seeing as the title roughly translates to 'Suicide Letter of Prometheus'.

The last track starts with an interesting news soundclips, about Bon Scott's death, but yet the song doesn't relate at all, and is in fact about the free will of a black unicorn. A fitting tribute for one of Kanwulf's idols? Maybe. We may never find out.