Arghhh what is this! To be honest I never heard this band before and what a shame because this is a great band. This album gives me almost the same overkill feeling as Marduk did on ‘Panzer Division Marduk’. I hope this will be a herald of better bands to come from the USA.
All songs are played at merciless speed thanks to the great drums. It’s too bad that Vetis left the band and I hope they will find a drummer of his quality for coming releases. KoA started in 1999 and in that time they were just called Azazel and this is their first full length album. They have released a promo, EP and a split with Krieg before.
The third track ‘Destruction to the Throne of God’ was also on the split but I think this is a re-recorded version. All songs are played in a very brutal way with no room for any melodic parts. The band is almost driven at blast speed during the whole CD. The guitars suit the drums and vocals very well and I have no complaints on the production. If I must compare KoA to other bands then it would be a mix of before named Marduk and parts of Dark Funeral; it all sounds very Swedish. This band show what a lot other bands don’t have and that’s real hatred both in vocals as in music. The artwork is also very well worked out.
A very intense Black Metal album and I recommend to listen to it when you are into fast Black Metal.
