Ill Innocence [Digipak] - Gallhammer

Advantages: A bit different
Disadvantages: It's an acquired taste to put it mildly

...gives them points for novelty. Ill Innocence is their debut full-length album. The packaging of the CD- an attractive white and grey, and sophistically understated, is the first hint that Gallhammer have moved on a little from their black-metal roots (which were so evident on their first demo EP) and decided to experiment a little. That this experimentation does not necessarily work particularly well is a different matter- they deserve marks for ...
...the myriad other black metal acts out there (in other words, Animal from the Muppets banging on a biscuit tin, accompanied by the screams of a poodle in a blender). The first track on the album, At the Onset of the Age of Despair - has a raw, deep sound to it and is surprisingly melodic. It becomes immediately obvious that Gallhammer have evolved a little more into a "doom metal" band rather than "black metal" although they seem to straddle both ... Read review