TYMAH - Transylvanian Dreams (2005)

   By following strictly the traditional recipe of Norwegian black metal, TYMAH (or Tuman) debuted with "Transylvanian Dreams". Even though they've tried to create the exact Hungarian version of their preferred style and scene by copying it's features, they gave more to the tiny (and almost imaginary) local underground scene than just a simple concept album.
  They were fascinated by the usual black metal topics, like the misty dark forests of Transylvania, and the evil supernatural forces that are lurking deep within. What could be more authentic than to hear about these topics by first hand from a Hungarian band on their own language? The strong influence of Mayhem and early Darkthrone could be heard in their music, that represents extraordinarily high quality in the local scene. This kind of old school black metal isn't common around and definitely fits on the side of the biggest classics. It's rare to hear female vocal in this style, but the insanely aggressive screams of Dim are more effective and convincing than how most might expect. The performance reminds to Onielar's from Darkenened Nocturn Slaughtercult. It can be sensed that the same person wrote the guitar themes and and did the vocals too, cause the two are in strong balance with each other. The drums gave excellent basics for intensity of the album, that probably counts as one of the most inhuman and obscure records of the genre. Strongly recommended for the fans of trve black metal!