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Tri-coloured red,white and black splatter vinyl with gatefold cover with a 15 page book glued to the cover

If you are a lover of the dark art that is black metal then you need to get this now! Behexen’s fourth album Nightside Emanations is right up there with the best albums from Watain, Deathspell Omega, Secrets Of The Moon and Dissection, among others. Every single song from the organ intro to Wrathful Dragon Hau-Hra to closer Kiss Of Our Dark Mother is just outstanding. My favorites are Circle Me, Awaken Tiamat and Temple Of The Silent Curses. Awaken Tiamat in particular, is one of those songs like Satyricon’s Black Crow On A Tombstone or Immortal’s At The Heart Of Winter that will be stuck in one’s head for days on end. This should be the album that moves these guys from the relative obscurity of the black metal minor leagues to the majors along side more established bands like Gorgoroth, Marduk, Immortal and Satyricon etc, -they really deserve it. What really makes this album hit on all 12 cylinders is the perfect epic sounding production that makes everything sound so big and full. The drums and bass sound like tectonic plates rumbling and the guitars sound so thick, just mammoth. The vocals fit the music perfectly, not the ultra-high pitched shriek of say, Dani Filth or Isahn, but more of a deeper bass, commanding bark reminiscent of say, Satyr or a deeper -sounding Ghaaal. In closing, this is truly a great modern (2012) black metal album that is so good, so catchy and epic sounding that I’m afraid many black metal snobs will unfairly dismiss it as merely black and roll as they did with every Satyricon release after Nemesis Divina. That would be truly unfortunate for the band and fans alike.

Track list:
1. Intro
2. Wrathful Dragon Hau-Hra
3. Death’s Black Light
4. Circle Me
5. We Burn With Serpent Fire
6. Luciferian Will
7. Awaken Tiamat
8. Temple Of The Silent Curses
9. Shining Death
10. Kiss Of Our Dark Mother