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Haemoth are a Black Metal duo hailing from France. Although they've put out a couple of other albums, this is the first of their work readily available on this side of the Atlantic.

If asked to describe their sound, I would say their raw, kitchen-blender-turned-on-high guitar sound reminds me of early Gorgoroth, 1349, and fellow Frenchmen Antaeus, and the highly distorted Black Metal vocals bring to mind San Francisco's Crebain.

I was actually surprised to find this available here on Amazon because I'd say that these guys are pretty underground-style Black Metal, and far from the Dimmu-influenced mainstream.

Haemoth are fond of beginning songs with quiet and eerie little instrumental interludes -- then hitting you over the head with a sudden vicious surprise Black Metal crescendo attack.

The final 3 tracks are taken from their 2004 split with Nemeton, and I find them even more satisfyingly raw than the rest.

So if you like bands still putting out what I would call true Black Metal like Sargeist, Pest, Tsjuder, Urgehal and 1349, I would say this is definitely worth checking out.

-- But hurry, this disc is a limited edition of only 2000 copies!