MALIGNANT ETERNAL - Tårnet Digi-CD

Overall, the instrumentation is great. The drums are awesome! Timing is superb, patterns are great and some are unique. They get the job done overall. The vocals are standard black metal shrieks, nothing too special with those but they aren't bad or poorly executed, so I don't feel the need to take off points for those. The guitar tone is great, and the riffs are fast, super catchy, and very well executed. And lastly, there are keyboards in here. The one thing I will agree with the other reviewer on is that the keyboards do overtake most of the other instruments. Which to me is by no means a bad thing. And considering this is black metal, I have no idea how it would when most albums tend to have some sort of keyboards in there to enhance the atmosphere. In this album, they do an excellent job of creating a very depressing and murky atmosphere. Perfect for nighttime strolls in the forests. Those keyboards mixed with the killer riffs are what really make this album what it is and give its special edge and gloomy, haunting atmosphere. The production sounds awesome too - it's low to add even more to that murky atmosphere, but it's not *too* low to where you can't hear the instruments properly. It's that nice middle sweet spot and I wish more albums were like that instead of being too low, or too good to where it makes the atmosphere less interesting.