ANCIENT RITES is one of those bands that are difficult to be described in the simple terms of "black metal" or "viking metal." Although much of this album revolves around ancient European tribal civilizations (ie: Celtic, Vikings, Teutonic), it can't really be called Viking metal. Instead, they have taken several styles, including folk, black metal, death metal, and even some power metal, and combined it into a powerful musical tribute to their ancient ancestors. Exhibiting a compromise that lies somewhere between the barbarity of their early work and the epic progressions and symphonic elements of the genre, "Dim Carcosa" offers a monolithic collection of tracks.
