ENSLAVED - Monumension (CD)

One of the most complex, challenging and rewarding albums in the history of Black Metal, Monumension is a concept album woven from Northern Mythology, Rune Mysticism, Surrealism and pure chaos. With low-tuned guitars echoing from the dark past of early Unleashed and Grave recordings, complex and hypnotic drumwork and harsh, impassioned vocals worming their way deep into your subconscious this is one album that is sure to crawl under your skin and lay eggs. Tracks like "The Voices" and "Vision: Sphere of Elements" explode into being with raging, catchy guitar riffs that echo in your mind long after the song ends and each track on this carefully-crafted masterpiece is packed to overflowing with musical concepts and bold experimentations that never stray far off the path of brutality and mayhem. Monumension is indeed a monumental achievement by a legendary band at the height of their talents.