Ondskapt - Dodens Evangelium

Remember before blogs, when you used to buy an album solely based on it's cover or a short review in a magazine?  Remember how pissed you were when you had to spend $16.99 to find out that Necrophagia really does suck?  Or maybe you remember how stupid you felt every time you bought a piece of total garbage just because it had a hot chick on the cover?   It seems kind of hard to believe that we ever used to blow $15+ on such a shot in the dark, when now-a-days we can pretty much sample and download (in high quality) anything we want for free.  It may have been only 5 years ago, but the former is how I found this tremendous album.

Far from sucking, this is almost "modern classic" level quality.  The thing that makes album stand apart the most is it's use of a very common musical concept that most Black Metal bands have apparently never heard of... harmony.  On pretty much every song you'll hear single notes complimenting chords, melodies complimenting riffs and such.  They also manage to be legitimately progressive without sounding "mathy" or "noodly".  What does that mean?  It means they're progressive in a Deathspell Omega kinda way, not in a lame Spock's Beard kinda way.  With all of their unique qualities, Ondskapt are carrying the torch as the finest Modern Black Metal band going.

... doesn't suck