review by: Roberto Martinelli

This is a pretty tepid album. The music is ok, and provides for a decent black metal-styled atmosphere, punctuated by some sorta folky/pagan-y/forestlike melodies. The main detractor here, aside from the lack of immediacy of the compositions, is the drum sound. By sound alone, the battery appears to be a drum machine with that loathsome clickety-clack timber that actually detracts from the power that drums are supposed to provide. It's only after carefully listening and noticing the parts where the drummer slows down and speeds up in his blast beat that one notices it's in fact a human. We're also not sure if we're supposed to snicker at the word "Celtiberian." Is that like some mix of Celtic and Iberian? Does that really exist? Don't bet that this album will inspire anyone to find out.