After having another good listen to Enslaved's new album I have concluded that Every track on ISA is of the same high quallity, and as an album it holds together quite masterfully. Its a bit much to swallow in one go as the music is very emotive and I have to say can be quite drainging. Some tracks stand out more than others. My favourite tracks being the title track ISA and the final song, Reogenesis. The vocals are a great mixture of black metal growling and fairly Mellodic clean vocals, Admittedly though the voice isnt one of the best things about the band. The guitars sound awesome on this album, with some beautiful and mellodic solos over some incredible progressive passages. All in all I'd personally give it 7 out of 10, but Terroriser, who are usually pretty acurrate within genres gave 9.5 out of ten. Terroriser are usually mega stingey aswell, so expect something great. Strider, you're a fan of Mastodon right? It has that same destructive progression in the song writing and a similar guitar and drum sound, just more evil in general.
But I prefer the new Karl Sanders solo album. It's like the ambient intro to Unas slayer of gods but for 50 mins. Spectacular!!
