Haemoth - In Nomine Odium
I’ve been militantly avoiding this band for well over a decade. After the absolutely abysmal Satanik Terrorism CD, I swore that I would never spend another penny on this band ever again. Satanik Terrorism (or as I referred to it back then, Satanik Hearing Damage) was so bad that I wanted to give it a rating in negative numbers. In Nomine Odium is a million times better than Satanik Terrorism in that you can actually listen to this album without wanting to surgically extract your eardrums with whatever is conveniently available. In Nomine Odium still has sound issues. One of the cymbals is still too high and the guitars seem to lack definition at times. The combination of the two with the distortion-laden vocals results in a ball of sound that borders on white noise. Another thing about this album is that it seems to have a lack of identity. It sounds like old Mayhem as played by Transylvanian Hunger era Darkthrone, but without the distinctive songs. Most of the tracks have that old Mayhem feel in terms of sound, but they could easily be the same track played over and over again because they are structurally very much the same. While this isn’t the abomination that Satanik Terrorism was, it isn’t enough for me to rescind my boycott of Haemoth.
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