Ihad Xasthur on my list of items to buy for a while, I had heard from a lot of people how fantastic and depressive they were, and everywhere Nocturnal Poisoning was advertised it was praised as one of the most atmospheric and eerie albums ever to come out of black metal in recent years. Now I question what most people really define as ‘atmosphere’. Whatever the definition may be, the album has little to no atmosphere and I can honestly say the only good thing I got out of it was the urge to go out and get Vampires of Black Imperial Blood after hearing the Mutiilation cover. Otherwise, the album is a mess. Granted, its not exactly praised for its musical merits however musically what you will find is a foamy wash of repetitive guitar topped with cheesy, mismatched keyboards and vocals which have obviously been tampered with electronically. The music lacks direction and most songs end up sounding like a bit of a filler (especially the title track which clocks in at about fifteen minutes of boredom), needless to say doing little to enhance any trace of atmosphere which one could find.
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