Description

Wan’s second effort entitled Enjoy the filth is an extremely dirty, grungy, raw sounding black/death/thrash effort that grabs you by the neck and demands that you, indeed, Enjoy the Filth. Everything presented here has been thought about and done a million times over, but what makes this album awesome is the nostalgic feel and the 100 percent nod to the traditional style of old school type metal. From what I can gather there are no copycat riffs here but the band is highly influenced by bands such as: Celtic Frost, Warhammer, Hellhammer, Darkthrone, Venom, Rabid and old Slayer. Edgy riffs combined with elements from these bands of influence make for a rather enjoyable listen. There is not really a whole lot to say about the music except that it is played in the traditional style the way the aforementioned bands played it back in the day. The vocals are a raspy, throaty type vocal that fits with the music really well and are where, I would say, the death/thrash influence comes in to play. What makes this album really enjoyable is the production and overall feel. To me, it seems like this album is a little under produced. But, this does not hinder the album in the slightest. In fact in enhances the overall feel. In many ways this sounds like a demo rehearsal recorded in a home studio. Yes, there are elements of production here, but I think the way this came out is absolutely perfect. If you want the maximum effect for an album like this you do not want to over produce it because it will sound too “polished”. In fact, under producing it would have a more desired effect when all is said and done. I don’t know if this is what the band had in mind or if it was accident. But the overall feel of this album is enhanced 10 fold by the dirty, gritty, cold feel of the production or the lack thereof. Enjoy The Filth is a horrific, ungodly trip down memory lane to when metal was about metal, and about spikes and leather. Not to mention the sheer brutality that that era introduced us to. That era will be duplicated but it will never be equalled, however, Wan come pretty damn close. It definitely doesn’t take a genius to write and create songs of this nature, but it is clear that Wan are well within their comfort zone and seemingly have no need to conform to the atrocities that some dare to call metal nowadays. I will admit I like a little variation in my extreme metal but there are times when I want the old school sound and feel. And in the current state of metal and in this genre in particular it is clear that Wan are near if not at the top of the food chain. By the end of listening to this album I totally understand what they meant when they titled this album Enjoy the Filth

Track list:
1. Day Of Reckoning
2. Pentagram Rockers
3. Swing The Hammer
4. Ni Skall Do
5. Helvite
6. Pagan Metal Damnation
7. The Charger
8. Northern Brothers
9. Enjoy The Filth
10. Djevelsang
11. Trollmor
12. Belial
13. Burn