Great Black-Symphonic-Chaos-Metal! - Anorexia Nervosa doesn t have too much time to fool around with subtleties, at least is what they show in this NEW OBSCURANTIS ORDER. AN plays some kind of brutal black metal, with symphonic backgrounds, not too many solos, and ultra fast drumming, in the vein of ZYKLON s World ov worms and MYRKSKOG s Deathmachine....The vocalist fits perfectly in this arranged chaos, with devastating screams, while Satan himself seems to be tearing his lungs apart...with no anesthesia!...Like I said before, AN does not have time for subtleties...NOO is not a waterfall of virtuosity. You won t find in this album great guitar or keyboard arrangements, and the vocals don t vary much, but every instrument is played and adds something to the cause in its due measure, it s just the whole package together, guitars, drums, apocalyptic keyboards and vocals, that will crush like a caterpillar tractor, and you won t even know what happened...Only for strong hearts and ears to endure 50+ minutes of the greatest chaos! And if you had the chance to purchase the version with Judas Priest s Metal Meltdown cover as a bonus, you ll realize how slow this song sounds compared to the rest of the album...Some fine black/symphonic/metal here, taken to an extreme, plain and simple, played fast and loud, with anger and fury...Take it or leave it!
better than COF - first off...STUPID band name. okay...now that i got that out of my system...a GREAT record by a GREAT band. very creative blastingly fast brutal black metal with alot of the Cradle of Filth drama aspects to it. but don t let that throw you off...because if you don t like COF that much...you may still love AN. they incorporate lots and lots of fast guitars, amazing drumming, crazed and amazing vocals, banging bass, choirs, keyboards, trumpets, whew! it could have turned out to be quite a mess of a metal album -- but it works! it s a very coherent and consise piece of work that cuts deep and leaves a mark. i just wish they d change the name of their band.
Great. - An excellent CD, combining both English and French lyrics, with thundering horns, occasional sweeping keyboards and brutal black metal riffs and screams. Track two is a mix of furiously fast drumming and sharp violin work, but in my opinion the crowning achevement is track four, with it s operatic chants combined with anguished black metal screams and gothicesque keyboards. A must have.