Eblis - ...and Our Time Announces Black
Eblis, I believe, is a Polish band that plays Atmospheric Black Metal in the vein of Emperor with influences from Cradle of Filth and a little Darkthrone. The material for this release was originally recorded back in ‘97 - as were a number of recordings that are just now making their way into record stores. CD demo represses by Namataru and Black Pentecost are also from that year and I got those two at the same time as this CD (at the same fucking record store, no less)! Musically, the songs are much like Emperor in terms of structure but Eblis adds some acoustic guitar, clean male and female vocals as well as some other flourishes that prove that they can take the early Emperor sound and advance it beyond a cloning. The lyrics on …and Our Time Announces Black, like the title, are in badly broken English, but the feeling is more important in this case. Nazgul (the singer) has a very grim voice that reminds me a whole lot of Fenriz. The lower, throaty rasp that he uses adds more menace to the songs. Eblis may not be well known yet, but I can see them kicking some bigger bands off their pedestals should more people hear this album.
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