This is a review of an older recording from Norway's Mactatus which showed the music going for an atmospheric form of black metal with some symphonic touches and this is a review of their 1997 album "Blot" which will be re-issued on February 24th 2026 by ATMF.
Demonic voices, evil laughter and high pitched black metal screams start off the album before going into a heavier direction. The keyboards also add in some atmospheric and symphonic touches to the recording while the riffs also add in a lot of melody and all of the musical instruments also have a very powerful sound to them.
Clear singing is also utilized briefly while a great portion of the tracks are also very long and epic in length. Clean playing is also added on a few songs along with the faster sections of the album also adding in a great amount of tremolo picking and blast beats which also gives the music more of a raw feeling.
Whispered vocals, spoken words and growls can also be heard on a couple of tracks along with one song also being an instrumental and some of the songs also add in a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts, classical guitars are also added on the closing track. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics are written in Norwegian and cover Anti Christianity, Darkness and Death themes.
In my opinion this was another great sounding album from Mactatus and if you are a fan of 90's Norwegian black metal, you should check out this re-issue. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Black Poetry" "Et Kald Rike" and "Hat of Kulde". 8 out of 10.
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