Watain - Lawless Darkness (#6306)

metalgod · **Joined:** Thu Sep 16, 2004 12:50 am **Posts:** 5515

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Watain - Lawless Darkness
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Quoted: 93 / 100

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Kathaarian · **Posted:** Mon Jun 07, 2010 8:09 pm

Very good album but certainly not their best one. Maybe better than Sworn to the Dark but just that. All their albums are above 90 for me anyway so it doesn't really matter. Watain slays! :dio:

AlexandeR · **Posted:** Thu Jun 10, 2010 3:49 am

Lawless Darkness is one of the best BM I've heard since Si Monumentum Requires, Circumspice. No fillers, truly stellar work. Best bm album of the year so far :dio:

belowthelights · **Joined:** Tue Mar 18, 2008 11:10 pm **Posts:** 780

Wow wtf. I have never been able to get into these guys in the past, I guess I will need to give this a shot.

The Evil Dead · **Posted:** Wed Jun 16, 2010 6:03 pm

More like 73/100... Which I don't mean in a bad way. This just isn't anything groundbreaking or truly amazing for the genre. It's worth listening to if you're a fan but this one definitely got a few marks too many.

rio · **Posted:** Sat Jul 10, 2010 2:55 pm

Crazy Evil Dead- by your reckoning Aosoth deserves a higher mark than this

Anyhoo, bought this a week ago (came very close to getting the special edition uber-version) but only just got round to wacking it on... Severe awesomeness is at hand. Reaping Death is an incredible song.

TheMetalWarrior316 · **Joined:** Thu Sep 28, 2006 11:01 am **Posts:** 646

I don't know if it's better than Sworn to the Dark, but it's a great album nonetheless.

SoulSociety · **Posted:** Sun Jul 11, 2010 6:56 pm

AlexandeR wrote:

Lawless Darkness is one of the best BM I've heard since Si Monumentum Requires, Circumspice. No fillers, truly stellar work. Best bm album of the year so far :dio:

Jesus, I was just about to say that. I've just finished listening to Waters of Ain, and I'm fucking floored, right now it's probably the album of the year for me.

SoulSociety · **Posted:** Sun Jul 11, 2010 6:57 pm

And I just ordered the amazing box set version. Seriously awesome.

Karmakosmonaut · **Posted:** Sun Jul 11, 2010 9:07 pm

Hmm, perhaps this might reaffirm my waning interest in black metal.

The Evil Dead · **Posted:** Mon Jul 12, 2010 7:10 pm

rio wrote:

Crazy Evil Dead- by your reckoning Aosoth deserves a higher mark than this

I would personally rate Aosoth higher than this, yes.

traptunderice · **Posted:** Sat Jul 17, 2010 4:44 pm

This is fucking killer. :dio:

It has the kinda upbeat, charging attitude of a Priest album.

Maelstrom · **Posted:** Sun Jul 18, 2010 6:11 pm

I notice some almost thrash parts here and there. They actually fit with the black metal pretty well I think. This hasn't left my player since I bought it and probably won't until the new Decrepit Birth and Cephalic Carnage come out.

rio · **Posted:** Sun Jul 18, 2010 6:52 pm

Great album, undoubtedly.

Kathaarian · **Posted:** Sun Jan 02, 2011 11:02 am

lolz darkness

This is probably my favorite album of 2010.

JokerMachine · **Posted:** Sat Jan 15, 2011 7:11 pm

Loving this album right now. It's like... it's black metal, and at the same time, it's not. The solos are cool, like the bluesy one on the title track.

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