Ah, the USA to the rescue. After some melancholic and weird records, along with a bunch of shitty forest-worshipping bullshit, I finally stumbled on this album and it's very welcome. Hailing from Connecticut, this is Cemetery Moon's second full length, and it's a great one. This is melodic black metal with an emphasis on metal, with plenty of blasts and aggressive playing, but with constant melodic riffing over the brutality. The drummer, when using blasts, is swift and tight, reminding me a bit of the drummer from Thornspawn for some reason, but with a more varied attack. The singer has a full-throated rasp and rolls overtop the music with perfect diction and a powerful performance. This sounds like proper American black metal, in an intangible way, and isn't trying to be anything but that. It's just good, solid black metal, and it's worth tracking down. A bigger label needs to snatch this up and put this record out properly.
