Frostbitten - Danse! For Macabre Shall Come
One-man band Frostbitten [named after the only member] returns yet again with a fourth full-length album this year. Yes, I said fourth. If you count Frostbitten’s other band, Los, this brings his total to six full-length albums in 2013 alone. That’s a lot of music. Danse! For Macabre Shall Come is Frostbitten in Black Metal mode once again. The last two records (The Void of Insanity and We Feared the Wrath of Lord Lucifer) were in the Doom vein, but this one is solidly Black Metal. Unlike previous albums, this one has more of a Burzum influence. The other ones were more raw and dirty Darkthrone styled, but Danse! is droning and minimalistic. This seems to suit Frostbitten’s more Doom-influenced style better than the fast stuff. The production here helps a bit because it’s got more bass in the guitars than most in this style. The drums still need work, though. I don’t know if a drum machine is being used or not, but the snare tone sounds very artificial. It’s like it has no resonance or depth. You get that sometimes with sampled drums. It sounds like someone banging on a piece of plastic instead of an actual drum. As with all of Frostbitten’s other albums, this one shows some promise, but that promise is ultimately unrealized because the songs are still on the half-baked side. I keep mentioning it about this band, but there is something to be said about quality over quantity. Pumping out six full-length albums in one year is quite an achievement, but if all of them are subpar, what good is that? Danse! For Macabre Shall Come has some interesting elements to it. I think Frostbitten has some talent in the Doomier side of Metal, be it straight-forward Doom Metal or Burzum-influenced droning and minimalistic Black Metal. His problem is that he’s focusing on quantity and shortchanging the quality, which is always a bad idea. I would rather hear one awesome Frostbitten album with great songwriting and sound, than a dozen that are mediocre with shit sound and underdeveloped songs, even if they do all have a hint of promise.
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