Totalselfhatred - Apocalypse in Your Heart
2011 seems to be staking its claim as the year of the raw Black Metal revival. Finland’s Totalselfhatred (featuring ex-members of Horna and Pest among countless others) deliver their second full-length album of depressive, suicidal Black Metal; their first for Osmose Productions. The first three tracks tear straight into the heart. “Apocalypse,” “At War with Myself,” and “Teardrop Into Eternity” explode with a bleak, almost Crust-like sense of urgency and angst. Bitter melody and tortured vocals capture a sense of pure despair. Unfortunately as good as the first three songs are, the last four cuts are forgettable by comparison. Not bad, just not memorable. Overall, the sextet have a solid melancholy foundation and incorporate other stylistic elements into their Black Metal assault very well. My only advice to them would be to listen to Katatonia’s Jhva Elohim Meth… the Revival EP about 666 times a day. That ought to iron out what few flaws they have.
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