EPOCH

First of all I must confess I'm not a fan of black metal, although I have no prejudice against any kind of music. Nevertheless I really can not understand what's so special about this overrated, harsh and uninspired album. Nothing remained inside me after 65 minutes of attentive listening to this musical effort, not even the soft melancholy that Agalloch's musical monotonous atmospheres are capable to offer. Unfortunately not even some interesting changes of pace and the attempt of alternation between light and dark are able to lift the (mis) fortunes of this album. Undoubtedly the four british guys are equipped with talent and therefore capable of doing much better (and surely will do so in the future), but at least on this occasion were not able to emerge from mediocrity. I personally rate this album 2 stars: 1 for its poor quality plus 1 as encouragement to do better next time.