UNDERGROUND A&R REPORT

ARCKANUM - TRULEN

Classic black pagan metal sans 1994. This re-release from Sweden's finest metal label Carnal Records continues in their long line of the darkest heavies. I keep waiting for something Carnal Records sends me to suck, but as of yet, and we are talking ten years here of reviewing their stuff, I have never once been less than impressed. This Arckanum is great stuff, what some call primitive dark metal. Really, it's just classic thrash, and I mean classic. While the production is definitely a bit cutting, with some metal purists, screetching, screaming and slashing is the only way to have it! Probably, since this was actually the second demo of this war machine operation, the over-the-top mids and high end can be forgiven. You, however, will not be if you are a true black metal seeker, and you pass Arckanum's Trulen by. Contact: http://www.carnalrecords.se