SLAVIA
Strength And Vision

CD
Drakkar
2008

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Slavia seem to have successfully melded the rawness and aggression of early Mayhem with the thick, heavy attack of Hellhammer to make a sound so simple and obvious it's practically a revelation.And what lifts this completely above the ordinary is the complete fearlessness of the songwriting, closing out "The Blasphemic Art" with an a cappella rendition of a traditional marching song, or elsewhere segueing into Chopin's "Funeral March" or even a brief swirl of middle-eastern music - it seems nonsensical, but every choice makes complete sense in the place where it arises. It's the hallmark of mastery is what it is, of a composer who knows what he's doing and doesn't care what anyone else thinks.But this is not some kind of weird experimental album - far from it - this is some of the dirtiest, ugliest, Hell-blasting Black Metal you will ever hear. Absolutely killer. MetalCrypt

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