I have started to write for Metal Temple and here is my first review for them!
Belgian Black Metal quintet ENTHRONED released their tenth studio
album “Sovereigns” through Agonia Records yesterday. I am slowly
immersing into the world of Black Metal and as a brand new listener to ENTHRONED this album provided the ideal
opportunity to inspect their sound.
The album starts off with atmospheric
instrumental “Anteloquium” that
gives the listener a sense of what sort of ambiance to expect, which of course
is dark and bleak. What you’d expect on a black metal album. With the first
couple of tracks “Sine Qua Non” and “Of Feathers and Flames” underway I
honestly found it quite hard at first to really engage myself into the album as
both tracks sounded very similar with a lot of hard-hitting aggression.
For me personally, things perked up on the
album when “Lamp Of Invisible Lights” started
to play as the aggression is toned down and the tempo of this track being ideal
for head banging at their shows. As the album progressed, the sound did start
to grow on me; particularly where in songs such as “The Edge Of Agony” and “Baal
al-Maut” where the melodic guitar riffs and solos tone down the aggression
making it easier for me to listen to.
For a first listen to the band and the album in
general it was average for me. The album most certainly had the crucial
elements needed to create a black metal album. It may not have been my cup of
tea but black metal fans, especially those who like Enthroned, will enjoy the
latest specimen.
Words by Charlotte Whittingham
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