Witchclan  are  a  1  man  band  from  the  United  Kingdom  that  plays  a  very  raw  style  of  black  metal  he  calls  'bestial  hell  metal'  and  this  is  a  review  of  his  2014  album  "The  Dark  Binding"  which  was  released  by  Elvestor  Records.

  A very  dark  and  evil  sounding  intro  starts  off   along  with  some  spoken  word  ritualistic  parts  and  after  the  intro  a  very  powerful  sounding  bass  guitar  starts  to  kick  in  along  with  some  heavier  parts  and  melodic  guitar  leads  which  also  leads  up  to  more  of  a  fast  and  raw  black  metal  sound  along  with  some  grim  and  demonic  screams.  

  Blast  beats  and  synths  can  also  be  heard  in  certain  sections  of  the  recording  along  with  a  good  mixture  of  slow,  mid  paced  and  fast  parts  and  the music  is  heavily  rooted  in  the  early  90's  and  at  times  death  metal  growls  are  utilized  and  some  of  the  tracks  are  very  long  and  epic  in  length  and  you  can  also  hear  a  decent  amount  of  melody  in  the  guitar  riffing  at  times.

  At  time s the  music  is  very  heavily  thrash  influenced  and  all  of  the  tracks  ignore  any  of  the  modern  trends  that  have  been  a  part  of  the  genre  for  the  last  20  years  while  the  music  still  can  be  very  atmospheric  but  done  in  more  of  an  old  school  tradition and  every  track  sounds  very  different  from  each  other  while  you  can  still  it  is  the  same  artist  performing  all  of  the  tracks.

  Witchclan  plays  a  style  of  black  metal  that  is  very  dark  and  raw  and  all  the  songs  sound  like  they  could  of  easily  been  recorded  and  released  in  the  90's  and  the  keyboard  parts  that  are  utilized  also  go  back  to  the  days  when  they  still  sounded  evil  in  black  metal  but  the  main  focus  is  on  the  guitars  and  grim  vocals,  the  production  sounds  very  raw  and  old  school  while  you  can  still  hear  all  of  the  musical  instruments  that  are  present  on  the  recording  while  the  lyrics  cover  anti  religion,  misanthropy  and  occultism  themes.

  In  my  opinion  Witchclan  are  a  very  great sounding  raw,  old  school  occult  black  metal  project  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  this  musical  genre,  you  should  check  out  this  album.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Worms  Of  Hypocrisy"  "Dawn  Of  The  Serpent  Kings"  and  "Neverending  Funeral".  8  out  of  10.  

1.For those that have never heard of you before, can you tell us a little bit about the band?
- ONFERNO is three people. Guitar+vocals, bass+vocals, drums. Names are irrelevant.
We gather and play since Winter 2013 in our practice room in the Eastern Italian hills.

2.Recently you have released a new album, how would you describe the musical sound that is presented on the recording?
- With "Cathartic Offering" we wanted a 100% raw black metal album that would relate to the old school that influenced us. We wanted the guitar to sound edgy and clanking all over the listener's face. We wanted the bass to pound from the underground. We wanted the bass drum to be deep and present. We wanted the vocals to be sometimes stabbing, sometimes eerie, not necessarily in front of all the instruments: we wanted to convey an agonizing feeling without many studio tricks.

3.What are some of the lyrical topics and subjects the band explores with the music?
- The lyrics are an abstract collection of images related to all the obscure, bleak and hateful feelings we experience in our lives. They were not written line by line, but rather all mixed together: during the piece, we grab on one phrase or word that is suggested by the music and build from that. The titles refer to the general mood of the song.

4.What is the meaning and inspiration behind the name 'Onferno'?
- First of all, it just sounded right to us. Second, Onferno is a word very similar to "inferno", the Italian for "hell", and it is also a place in the Italian hills with some very fascinating caves.

5.On both the facebook and bandcamp page you refer to your musical style as 'unholy black metal', can you tell us a little bit more about this label?
- "Unholy Black Metal" is just one of many Darkthrone tributes present in our album, as it is the title of a song from "Under a Funeral Moon".

6.What are some of the best shows that the band has played so far and also how would you describe your stage performance?
- We only played 2 concerts so far.
The first is with a death/grind band of friends, Hell Brood: the venue was not a metal venue and our sound was awful, so we are satisfied because the final result was very rotten and most of the people was disgusted.
The second was at a wild multi-group event with another band of friends, Antares: we played 15 minutes, the whole room was filthy because everyone kept throwing stuff, drinks and stinking food at each other, and we are satisfied because in spite of the cheerfulness of the party, some people felt the coldness that we wanted to convey.

7.Do you have any touring or show plans for the future?
- One member of the group is currently abroad and another one have problems playing live and getting in touch with the darkest core of our music while strangers are only there to drink beer and chat about nonsense.
For this reasons we will not play live unless and until we will have another record ready to be released. In that case, we may have a "release party" concert, but ONFERNO at its current state is not a live band.

8.Currently you are unsigned, are you looking for a label or have received any interest?
- We are starting to receive some interest, but we're still far from having a direct contact with a label.
Most of all, we are eager to distribute our music in the BM scene so in that sense our door is open.

9.Where do you see the band heading into musically during the future?
- The first record is a sort of "manifesto", so it inevitably conveys a wide and generic vision of Black Metal. After this, we already started writing new material, exploring other aspects and fringes of Black Metal. We think that the next albums should be more focused, each one with a specific sound and "grain".

10.What are some of the bands or musical styles that have had an influence on your music and also what are you listening to nowadays?
- Each one of us has individual tastes, very different and also distant from Black Metal, but with Onferno (and specifically with "Cathartic Offering") we gathered around some of our favourite "old school" bands - the names may sound banal, but they still remain the most vivid and inspiring: Darkthrone, Mayhem, Burzum, Emperor, Immortal, Ulver.

11.How would you describe your views on Satanism and Occultism?
- We have no opinion on this matter. The Darkness that influences our vision is all-encompassing and rooted in the human guts, it stands before and beyond any religous, philosophical or hystorical belief. It makes us feel angry, hateful and desperate regardless of who we side with.

12.What are some of your non musical interests?
- Individually, they range from visual arts to swordmanship to video games.
Together, our collective interest are drinking beer, being mean to each other and NBA basketball.

13.Before we wrap up this interview, do you have any final words or thoughts?
- No.

1.Can you give us an update on what has been going on with the band since the recording of the new album?

Hello, here Vizun. Nothing happened what could be especially interesting...just from the deepest forests Czernoboh has emerged. Besides we live our simple life. Mainly we focused on our other bands and recorded new materials with them. Churches have been burning since recording sessionand our treasury has been filling up with valuables since release of "BramyNawii" what makes us happy.

2.You have a new album coming out this month, how would you describe the musical sound that is presented on the recording and also how does it differ from the stuff you have released in the past?

As I'm writing these words we have October, so now I can judge by cool eye.For me the sound and music of new album is much more mighty than the previous one. I'm glad from the final version. Comparing to "Trioditis" and "Hybris" the sound of every instrument is more organic, so everything seems to be more natural and intensive. Music is still in our style developed in the last three albums - fast, 'La Chanson de Roland' and 'sad feet'(insiders know what I mean.)

3.What are some of the lyrical topics and subjects the band explores with the newer music?

The main lyricist on "Bramy Nawii" is our beloved irreplaceablemultiinstrumentalist, bard, poet, singer and storyteller Kniaź Mścisław, so he should answer to this question but probably he's too great to give interviews. I suppose now he's walking between forests and mountains somewhere in the world, singing with accompaniment of gusle or waiting for dead souls when the gates of Nawia are opening. Lyrical theme of "Bramy Nawii" is quite difficult to explain in few words and of course I don't want to impose my own interpretation. Words are full of praise for our Slavic heritage. They are included in very poetic form and tell us about many forgotten patriotic values. Every poem refers to contemporariness but is strongly connected with our roots from the pre-christian times. Apart from Mścisław's lyrics the album contains poems such as "Żywe kamienie" written by Włodzimierz Wnuk (Polish writer, journalist, soldier of AK  and participant of Warsaw Uprising in 1944) and "Niezłomni" written by unknown author. These poems strongly fit to the whole concept of lyrical layer. The icing on the cake are motifs from "Księga Welesa" ("The book of Veles"; the text about religion and history of ancient Slavs) recited by Kniaź Varggoth from Nokturnal Mortum.

4.What is the meaning and inspiration behind the name 'Abusiveness'?

The term 'Abusiveness' perfectly fit to extreme music we play. Music and our beliefs are the inspiration for the name and vice-versa. I don't  know what's the point of view for other members of the band, but for me the name Abusiveness has quite aggressive meaning. It's like a middle finger  towards Christianity, Islam, ultra left-wingers, political correctness and other fucking things destroying our European heritage. Don't get me wrong - we are not a NSBM band; national spirit - yes (but Polish, not German) is of course close to us but not socialism. National socialism, communism are the ideologies that we despise.

5.The band has been around since 1991, what is it that keeps you  motivated to write heavy music after all of these years?

Simply we will never stop loving extreme kind of music and praise our Slavic heritage. That's all motivation, inspiration and reasons to  continue the existence of Abusiveness despite every difficulties. We strongly believe in our set of values what gives us power. Besides we like a lot of vodka and a joy of life which is associated with playing in a band such as Abusiveness or other metal horde.

6.What are some of the best shows that the band has played over the years and also how would you describe your stage performance?

Actually, it's difficult to judge which concerts were our best. Most gigs both bigger and smaller were quite good. I have a nice memories from open-air festivals such as Mercilless East fest in 2004 or Open Hell
fest in 2005. Nice for me was also Balkan tour 2010 (Abusiveness/Parricide) or Polish tour 2013 (Abusiveness/Blaze of Perdition) - I play with all of these bands, so the joy was double. Smaller gigs such as Pomerania Shall Burn in 2009 or Old temple fest in 2010 (where I played with my three bands Abusiveness/Deivos/Ulcer) were excellent too. Our stage performance? Just pure fucking metal till death. No corpse-paint, no strange costumes. Nails, bullets, fog, fire, pain, blood and sweat...or only guitars and drums because is much better to play on them.

7.Do you have any touring or show plans once the new album is released?

The basic plan is...that we don't have any touring or show plans. Nowadays we play gigs with Abusiveness quite rarely because of many reasons. For example Mścisław doesn't want to play gigs too often because sometimes he hates them or...hates them even more, although it happens that he likes to play when organizers give a good pay and a bowl full of grub. Lucass, the bassist is far away from our town and has his own world in a smoky Cracow.Gonthy, the second guitarist plays with us not too much; more than music he prefers to increase his muscle mass and a number of his family members so he probably has a lot of problems on his head. And I? - Most of gigs usually I play with my grind core band Parricide, so it's ok.

8.The new album is coming out on Arachnophobia Records, can you tell us a little bit more about this label?

'Almighty Arachnophobia Records' is a small Polish label run by true enthusiast of excellent metal music. Check out his releases and see other informations here: http://arachnophobia.pl/Krzysztof, the boss of Arachnophobia is our greatest benefactor and savior of Lublin metal scene (he pays me a lot for adulation and advertisement of course). He likes almost every band where I play and usually wants to release them.
And now, seriously. Krzysztof has a great heart. After last year's car accident of Blaze of Perdition in Austria, where Sonnellion (the vocalist) and I were injured, and Mors (the bassist) lost his life, Krzysztof
helpedus thanks to his fundraising campaign for injured, for which I would like to thank him very much here.

9.On the new album you had some members from Blaze Of Perdition and Nokturnal Mortum doing some quest appearances, do you feel having these 2 members on some of the tracks made the album sound more powerful?

I think yes, or at least the album is more interesting.

10.On a worldwide level how has the feedback been to your music over the years by fans of black and pagan metal?

The feedback always was excellent. I think that over the long years we have gained staggering number of enthusiasts - three or maybe even five fans from all over the world!

11.What is going on with some of the other musical projects or bands these days that some of the band members are a part of?

Blaze of Perdition, Deivos and Dira Mortis are finishing to record new albums. Soon we will finish the new material of Ulcer, so the next year will be full of our releases.

12.Where do you see the band heading into musically during the future?

I've never thought about it, I don't know what to say about this topic.

13.What are some of the bands or musical styles that have had an influence on your music and also what are you listening to nowadays?

Everything from the world of music (except shitty pseudo-music) had some influence on us, our musical personality and a process of creating our music. Of course mostly we have influences from black and death metal,but not only. I don't want to give examples, because there are so plenty great bands all over the world. What am I listening to nowadays? Everything what seems to me to be a great music. Not only metal, it can be every kind of music especially where drums are quite interesting forme;)

14.How would you describe your views on Paganism?

Paganism is a freedom from the imposed system of foreign religion. It's a joy of life without enslavement. Doesn't matter whether you worship  sacred places, holy trees, a piece of wood, moon or sun. It's freedom of choice from among variety of traditions of your land. You can express paganism in many ways - through your own art, by inspirations from ancient legends and beliefs, by maintaining traditions and memory of ancestors, by loving your own land. This topic is too wide to give the simple answer - paganism is a state of mind.

15.What are some of your non musical interests?

I like all the ways to spend time amidst nature, exploring interesting or strange places, good literature...what else...I am a cat lover, these animals have a unique, unusual character.

16.Before we wrap up this interview, do you have any final words or thoughts?

Actually, I have nothing to add...Slava Bohom!

1.For those that have never heard of you before, can you tell us a little bit about the band?

We are Labyrinth Spell and we have been around since 2000. At that time, we decided to get together to play some kind of Folk and Traditional Black Metal in the veins of the one that had been made in Norway and Sweden (back to 90’s), from where we got most of our influences and earlier compositions. At the beginning, the band started out as a trio and then became stronger as a quartet. Things were quite difficult to produce and record something valuable or even remarkable and after a long time, we could finish our official first release that was the demo called “The Labyrinth Spell”. This recording was mostly influenced by our friendship and personal experiences that were related to occultism, paganism, nature and existential thoughts. We used to go to very desolate places to explore deeply our own selves and everything that happened during this period, was entirely connected to what became our art, music and rehearsals in studio. These times were the foundations of our most intense appreciation of darkness, satanism, paganism, occultism, philosophy, music, art, death and of course Black Metal in its wide sense.

2.Recently the band has released a new album, how would you describe the musical sound that is presented on the recording and also how does it differ from your 2 previous demo's?

Back to early 2000’s, our personal goals and feelings were not entirely fulfilled or even clear to many of us. So the chaos and uncertainties that surrounded the whole band maybe were essential to lead things where they reached up at the time. With great effort and will power, we could record “The Labyrinth Spell” that for us, was something extremely important and definitely a turning point. In Brazil, that music way was not so powerful and evident, so we could consider ourselves one of the first bands to walk this path that was a mix of some Pagan and Black Metal sounds. Therefore, considering everything that happened to us in these almost 14 years, like personal evolution, achievements, experiences abroad, intellectuality, playing in other bands and projects, the results couldn’t be different. This new release is much more aggressive and dark. It was polished by time and by the growth of each one of us. The feeling of playing and live according to our own Black Metal philosophy has just become stronger and more powerful and now I think we are much more conscious and competent in making it real. So, in the end, that’s the main difference between what happened in the past and what’s going on nowadays.

 3.The band has been around since 2000 but so far has only released 1 full length and demo, can you tell us a little bit more about the gap between releases?

Well, as mentioned above, the first demo was recorded in around 2000-2001 and it was the only register we had in years, because after its conclusion the band split up. Some of us traveled abroad and moved to other cities, so it was impossible to continue that way. But the fire kept burning, and even with all the distance and tragedies we’ve been through, we maintained the entire appreciation and passion for darkness and extreme music and went on playing in different bands and of course being in touch through all these years. Only in 2008, the band decided to come back, with a new line up (2 founder members: Nephal and Avernalis) and the ideas and rehearsals started off again. Then, in 2010 we released the demo “DCLI” (in homage to Kern – a friend and former member that died in a very grim circumstance) and in 2014 “Mountains Enthroned” that is our first official debut album. That’s just the beginning!

4.What are some of the lyrical topics and subjects the band explores with the music?

Our main focus is to talk about our own personal goals and feelings, of course, poetically and lyrically adapted to Black Metal and extreme music. Since the beginning, the driving force was our connection to occultism and personal experiences with darkness, magick, satanism, paganism and everything related to these topics at all. At first, our appeal was more connected to some folk bands such as Isengard and Storm as well as traditional Black Metal ones like Darkthrone, Mayhem, Satyricon, Emperor and many other ones from the early and mid 90’s. As the time passed, we could reach new levels of understanding and making music, as well as shaping our own way, which led us to new concepts and processes of transforming all of these sources of inspiration into phantasmagoric atmospheres and a journey into the underworld, death and chaos. So it has been applied in almost every moment of our lives, be it in a studio or in a solitary moment whatsoever.

5.What is the meaning and inspiration behind the name 'Labyrinth Spell'?

The whole inspiration and concept for the name “Labyrinth Spell” came up through our incessant debate sessions and ideas about the mysteries of universe and all things that cannot be explained by science and reason. We used to go to many forests and nature sites to explore our own bestiality, atavistic conditions and even madness, because this was the only way we could connect ourselves to these themes and transform them later in our art and music. So the main idea behind it all is about the inexorability of our existence that was called “Labyrinth Spell”, since this whole existence is a tortuous and chaotic labyrinth, full of uncertainties and illusions. Maybe death is the only way out of it, maybe not. Only by walking the path and assuming its consequences is possible to reach true knowledge of it. Despite all the limitations we had at that moment, the intensity of our coexistence led us to everything that happened there and even many years later.

 6.What are some of the best shows that the band has played over the years and also how would you describe your stage performance?

The band has chosen to perform just few concerts along the time. We prefer to dedicate ourselves to the composition process, rehearsals and recordings than to the live experience.
We would like to emphasize two very specific concerts that we have had in the last years as the most remarkable ones. The first happened in the state of Minas Gerais, in a city called Contagem, and it was a great event, very professional, with an intense and special atmosphere, where we have been so welcome. And the other happened in our city, that’s called Vitória, and it was made by a friendly couple of ours and featured great bands from our local scene. The concert was pretty great and we had a very good response from the audience.
Our live performance is based on the idea of reproducing live the closest possible to the musical experience of listening to some of our recordings, in other words, we really want to execute our songs the best way, allowing the audience to listen the real sound we make. At the same time, we also search for the interaction with them, as an attempt to make the concert, an authentic Black Metal celebration.

7.Do you have any touring or show plans for the future?

As we have said before, our main focus is not playing live or touring. Therefore, at this right moment, there are no plans towards this, although we may consider any possibilities in a close future, especially in some places that we haven’t performed before and if it involves serious concerts that match our thoughts and ideas.

8.The album was released on Vacula Productions, how did you get in contact with this label and also how would you describe the support they have given you so far?

All the contact was made by the internet, through our bassist, that talked and defined all things straight to Andriy Molchan. For now, the whole experience has been great and we have no objections to the way Vacula Productions has supported the release. It has been an honor to us to have our stuff directly spread in the old continent and we really expect that this partnership brings us all very good things.

9.On a worldwide level how has the feedback been to your music by fans of black metal?

On the earlier work, I think the feedback was very low, because we made just some few independent copies that were spread only to our closest friends and some fans of ours in Brazil. So, the result was pretty much underground (as we expected it to be), especially because we didn’t have any internet stuff or anything like that back then. Moreover, Black Metal here was a very strict sound and movement, very far from what it has become nowadays. We only played to ourselves and we didn’t have any interest or capacity of spreading our art worldwide. As the band split up sometime later, that release was forgotten and buried by the time until our rebirth. On the other hand, speaking of the new release and all the things we’ve been through all these years and experiences, the feedback has been great, especially here in our country. The atmosphere we reached in this new release is something that is no longer evident and even created anymore, so that many people that grew up listening to the “golden age” of Black Metal could feel some kind of revival and immediately got connected to it. We haven’t exactly felt the real impact of releasing an album worldwide (it’s too early for that), and we really hope that it can reach people that have the same old feelings and nostalgia and of course, contribute for the maintenance of Black Metal in its truest and radical way.




10.Are any of the band members involved with any other musical projects or bands these days?

Some of the band members have been playing in some other bands and projects as follows:

Pagan Warrior – Forest Moonless (All Instruments), Shadow Moon (Guitar), Labyrinth Spell (Bass)
Thrymr – Saturn (Guitar), Labyrinth Spell (Guitar)
Avernalis – Labyrinth Spell (Drums, Keyboards)
Nephal – Labyrinth Spell (Guitar)
K.W.V.A – In Nomine Belialis (Guitar, Bass, Vocals), Saturn (Guitar, Vocals), Throne of Might (All Instruments), Labyrinth Spell (Vocals)

11.Where do you see the band heading into musically during the future?

The band is basically following the same path that was walked before, but now in a more mature and wise way. The main difference is that now, we can see things much better than we did and we are stronger as well. Our goals and plans are extremely focused on composition and new releases and of course, all the structure and experience we have, can lead us towards greater heights. This album “Mountains Enthroned” was entirely composed and recorded by us, in an independent and underground way, and the results were extremely satisfactory! The new stuff will be as dark as this one and maybe darker, as well as the whole composition process, themes, lyrics and everything involved with it. 14 years of existence have only made us stronger and wiser ‘cause we are forged by fire and blood!

12.What are some of the bands or musical styles that have had an influence on your music and also what are you listening to nowadays?

Music is something extremely important to us and since our early days we have all been strongly connected to it. The main bands that really influenced us were at most the Norwegian and Swedish ones from the early and mid 90’s as mentioned above: Darkthrone, Mayhem, Satyricon, Emperor, Isengard, Storm and many others as Enslaved, Dark Funeral, Marduk, Dissection, Dimmu Borgir, Immortal, etc…
Besides, we have also been interested in many other ones as Black Funeral, Enthroned, Bethlehem, Watain, Thulcandra, Besatt, Absu, Gräfenstein, Inquisition, Seth…
Also, we could mention some Dark Ambient projects that were extremely important to us as well as Elend, Penitent, Dead Can Dance, Summoning, Profanum, Lord Wind and movie soundtracks such as Conan The Barbarian, Brave Heart, Gladiator, Lord of the Rings…
Nowadays, things have become a little complicated, because that feeling and originality that were behind the Black Metal scene seems to be gone. So it made us focus more on our own music and get a little disconnected of what is going on now. So, I think we usually get back to the same old stuff we have heard all of our lives.


13.What are some of your non musical interests?

Occultism, Satanism, Paganism, Philosophy, English, Literature …

14.Before we wrap up this interview, do you have any final words or thoughts?

We really hope to spread our art as far as we can and also that it reaches mostly people with the same thoughts and feelings, to keep this way of Black Metal alive and forever underground. Everyone that feels connected to our ways, lyrics and art, please contact us on labyrinthspell@hotmail.com or furiouswyrd@hotmail.com
We would like to thank you, from Occult Black Metal Zine, for this opportunity of spreading our thoughts here, and we are really honored to have our stuff released on Vacula Productions and also worldwide. It’s a great honor to have our CD released abroad and we really hope that we can forge some very strong alliances from now on, no matter the distance or even time. Long Live True Black Metal! Hail Thy Self!

  N.K.V.D  are  a  band  from  France  that  plays  an  industrial  form  of  communist  black  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2014  album  "Hakmarrga"  which  was  released  by  Avantgarde  Music.

  Spoken  word  samples  start  off  the  album  along  with  some  avant  garde  sounds  a  few  seconds  later  which  also  leads  up  to  elements  of  industrial  and  noise  being  added  onto  the  recording  and  after  the  intro  guitars  make  their  presence  known  on  the  recording  and  also  take  the  music  into  more  of  a  heavier  and  darker  direction.

  When  vocals  are  added  the  music  they  are  very  deep  and  grim  sounding  black  metal  screams  that  also  have  a  semi  melodic tone  to  them  at  times  that  kind  of  remind  me  of  Atilla's  material  with  Mayhem  and  the  spoken  word  samples  from  the  intro  also  make  a  return  in  certain  sections  of  the  recording.

  Most  of  the  music  sticks  to  a  slow  to  mid  paced  style  of  black  metal  throughout  the  recording  while  some  of  the  later  tracks  do  add  some  of  the  more  raw  and  atmospheric  elements  of  that  genre  into  the  bands  musical  style  along  with  one  song  incorporating  fast  parts  and  blast  beats  as  well  as  adding  in  a  small  amount  of  guitar  leads  and  opera  style  choirs  and  some  of  the  later  songs  also  sees  samples  from  Iron  Curtain  style  folk  music  while  the  main  focus  remains  more  on  the  black  metal  side  of  things.

  N.K.V.D  creates  a  style  of  industrial  black  metal  which  is  more  guitar  orientated  than  other  bands  of  this  genre  and  while  still  having  a  great  amount  of  atmosphere  and  originality,  th e production  sound s very  powerful  and  heavy  while  the  lyrics  are  written  in  a  mixture  of  French  and  English  and  cover  Communism  and  Political  themes.

  In  my  opinion  N.K.V.D  are  a  very  great  sounding  communist  industrial  black  metal  band  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  this  musical  genre,  you  should  check  out  this  recording.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Hakmarrja"  "The  Invisible  Empire"  "Battalion  Vostok"  and  "Red  Silence".  8  out  of  10.