Artist......: Watain
Album.......: Trident Wolf Eclipse
Year........: 2018

Genre.......: Black Metal
Label.......: Century Media Records
Cat.No......:

Source......: WEB (24bit)
Encoder.....: libFLAC
Quality.....: 1678kbps avg. / 44.1kHz / 2 channels

Playtime....: 00:41:51  (532.8MB)
R.date......: 2023-01-05
S.date......: 2018-01-05

Website.....: http://play.qobuz.com/album/0886446685076

Disc 1 / 1

01. Nuclear Alchemy                                                  3:08
02. Sacred Damnation                                                 4:41
03. Teufelsreich                                                     4:26
04. Furor Diabolicus                                                 4:43
05. A Throne Below                                                   4:09
06. Ultra (Pandemoniac)                                              4:01
07. Towards the Sanctuary                                            4:54
08. The Fire of Power                                                4:38
09. Antikrists Mirakel                                               7:11

This new album shows us that Watain is still true to their roots,
especially in crafting warmongering black metal tracks that has evident
influences of Hellhammer, Celtic Frost, Mayhem, Bathory, and Dissection. I
know a lot of the fans had been disappointed with the outcome of 2013's
"The Wild Hunt", but with "Trident Wolf Eclipse" the band are back to their
primal and ruthless approach to music. The album holds truly vicious and
unsympathetic classic black metal guitar riffs that are mongrelized with
exuberant and frisky 80s era thrash metal breakdowns. Pelle Forsberg's
riffs are extremely dark and ferocious in this release, just as similar to
the riffs found in "Rabid Death's Curse", but at the same time it also
contains a subtle helping of melody which can be heard in the track 'The
Fire of Power'.

Songs like 'Nuclear Alchemy', 'Sacred Damnation', 'A Throne Below', and
'Towards the Sanctuary' showcases the remorseless thrashy guitar assault
displayed by P. on this offering. It will fucking wipe out anything that
will stand in its path with its incredibly evil-sounding resonance. The
drumming section of the offering also is very solid. Hσkan Jonsson pummels
the listeners with a barrage of high-speed whips and double-bass
bombardments that comes with some merciless and implacable blast-beats.
H.'s drumming on the album is incredible, as he once again delivers another
crushing performance where he masterfully exhibits his speed and precision.
'Teufelsreich', 'Furor Diabolicus', and 'Ultra (Pandemoniac)' are the
tracks that put Hσkan's drumming skill to show as it highlights how the guy
can shift directions from rapid battering blasts to slower groovy beats
that perfectly matches the gruesome atmosphere that fills the said songs.

Erik Danielsson had once again daze the audiences with his fantastic vocal
delivery in this record. His malignant vocal work is still evil sounding as
ever! Hear E. spit belligerent loathsome lyrics with his strapping and
harsh screams and growls throughout the materials in this offering. But
despite the brassy and guttural nature of Erik's vocal presentation, we can
still notice that the words from the songs' lyrics are audible which makes
this material more absolutely stunning than it already is. Production is
also another highlight here. I like how the sophistication of the haunting
and feisty guitar riffs along with the menacing vocal work and savage
drumming isn't lost in the production.

The songwriting of Watain, and the brutal character of the elements in the
songs that are perfectly blended with the melodies and the grim atmosphere
in here also add as highlights in the overall product of "Trident Wolf
Eclipse". Such accomplishment shows us that these wicked Swedes are still
up to the task of keeping that old black metal flame burning. For years I
had been waiting for Watain to release an opus that would feature them
going back to their primitive roots. "Trident Wolf Eclipse" is the kind of
opus that I had been longing to hear after the disappointing "The Wild
Hunt". This release is just quite impressive to me. The atmosphere is
thrilling, the music has a serious kick, and the tunes are mostly excellent
as well as their lyrics.

Overall, Watain had produced a memorable offering in the form of "Trident
Wolf Eclipse" as it offers its listeners an overall aura of morbidity and
dread. The band will leave you no room to breathe as you listen to the
gritty, air-tight riffs, fiendish vocals, and incredible drumming in this
magnum opus. This offering is pretty much essential for connoisseurs of the
black metal genre, and I also highly recommend this to all enthusiasts of
extreme music.