review by: Steppenvvolf

A thunder from a distance....horse clopping....drizzling rain...an acoustic guitar sets in.... No, we are not in the "From the Vault" section reviewing some good ol' 80s metal band (which reminds me I should make an review of some old Attack album one day..) No, we are listening to Bloodstained Dusk's Dirge of Death's Silence intro. The delusion remains for a minute until the caterwauling vocals herald "The Moon behind the Clouds" in finest black metal manner.

A sustaining, spheric keyboard background with ridiculously fast drum lines support the singer in releasing his misanthropic shouts. If you know Emperor's material you'll already be pretty close to getting an idea of Bloodstained Dusk's style. Probably a bit more pushing and at times more courageous by inserting interludes like in "Vastlands of the Empire", which gave me the image of stemming the flow of music just to release it into an intense deluge shortly after.

Small signs only indeed and not yet present in all of their songs, but since this is their supposed debut release, some more audible pieces of this Emperor spawn are to be expected. It should be added that here we have to deal with a reissue of their demo. Let's hope they're not going to emulate Nokturnal Mortum and promote White Pride Metal.