LIGHT OF DAY, DAY OF DARKNESS

I agree - amazing album, very melodic, very unique...reason for that - Tchort had something to say, he fully expressed himself and was never able to do that again. It is all of his music, he composed it it all and wrote the lyrics. Beautiful, fullest lyrics I have ever heard, same level of deapth as Porcupine Tree. It might not be virtuosish like Dream Theater or Rush, but it sound nothing like either one of them. The guitarist played bass in other bands, but he took up guitar here. He is not magical with it, but he runs rhythms/melody well. You do not need virtuoso guitarist to sound awsome, you need a good composition to sound awsome..and that is what you get here. Vocals (in one part put through same effects pedal as the guitar) are very dark, have their devilish part on the first half of the song. Very unique, the only band who could write one-hour composition because Tchort wanted to, because he had to say something in it, because he could. It feels like it is meant to be an hour long, and it is impossible to listen to parts of it. Either all of it or none (preferably all).

I disagree - this is not progressive music. This is Black Metal, unique to Norvegians. It can never be considered progressive, it has a very strong Pink Floyd influence in it. Black metal does have such shadowy and sad ideas, sometimes even demonic, it mostly bases around strong very heavy instrumentals, guitars/bases, powerful vocals (but never death metal grunts, can be using baritone or even lower as long as it is not a grunt or scream). None of it can ever be considered progressive, there is a reason it is called black(dark, shadowish, demonic).