Twilight

Twilight

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 6, 2005)
• Original Release Date: September 6, 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Southern Lord
• ASIN: B000AA4LSW
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #182,569 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Twilight just may be a U.S. black betal supergroup. Members of LEVIATHAN, XASTHUR, NACHTMYSTIUM, DRAGUAR, and DRAGUAR come together to completely redefine the genre.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Grand Opus of USBM, September 13, 2005

By	Belleme (Tacoma, WA USA) - See all my reviews

This album is staggeringly good, expressing all the elements that a True Black Metal album should have. The ethereal melodies draw you into unknown thoughts and emotions, turning into a truly alien style of music. You won't find any Marduk-style self-deluding foolishness on this album. Just entrancing, atmospheric, underworld-like songs laden with tortured vocals and soaring guitars. The drums and vocals are carried throughout the album with cavernous reverb, obscuring the words most of the time but contributing to the feel of the album.

Being Xasthur worshipper, it is interesting to hear the enigmatic genius known as Malific contribute in a group effort. Everything that Malific touches turns to black flame and ashes.

Don't buy this album if you don't understand underground Black Metal. This is an expression of Void, not speed-metal draped in juvenile ideas of Satanism. One only needs to listen to songs like "White Fire Beneath Black Text" or "Winter Before" to hear it.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Black Metal Lives, December 12, 2005

By	Shaun C. Mackey "Sounds of Exile" - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

These bands individually are all pushing forward the heart of what 'true' black metal means without getting stuck in the rut of so many bands who want to clone the past. Together they've created a masterful work of melodic noise, dark atmosphere's and darkly beautiful sound-scapes of endless despair. This, along with Nachtmystium's 'Demise' album are probably two of the greatest signs that America has take the pass of the torch and run with it to express the gospel of Black Metal in their own voice. The glamorous bastardization's of popular "black metal" will never satisfy those of us who need something more real... Twilight does not disappoint. From the intense first track they ward off those who will never understand, and call out to those who'll hear their voice.

HAIL. BLACK METAL!!!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Incredible!, March 23, 2006

By	Justin "Ultima Thulee" (Preston, Washington) - See all my reviews

Twilight is a Black Metal Supergroup featuring members of Leviathan, Xasthur, Nachtmystium and Draguar, all 4 incredible bands in their own right. Another reviewer complained about the production, and that is hardly a legitimate complaint. THe production serves the bleakness of the music well, as the drawn out, reverbed and occasionally soft sound of the album lends it an organic sound. It gets muddy at times, but to great effect. The vocals come from, I believe, Wrest and Malefic, predominantly, and you can feel the influence of their contributions well through out the whole alubm. The drum machining, asusual, is not programmed and is played by hand, and the mechanical sounds of the drums help add a dismal touch to the album. (Many of the best depressive Black Metal bands use a drum machine for a mechanical sound. Leviathan, Xasthur, BLut Aus Nord,rtc.)The pinnacle of USBM this year. Strangely enough, I do not find the album to equal the sun of its parts. I find some of the members other projects to be a more rewarding and wholesome listen. Minor quibbles aside, an amazing album nonetheless and a definite must get.