Emptiness - Oblivion (2007)

     In what is easily the best musical representation of blackened death metal to date, Emptiness delivers extreme, pounding, at times even groovy, darkness and doom with their 2007 release of Oblivion. This entire album pulls you in from the jump, with rich guitar rhythm and riffs and full bodied double bass drumming. The songs all sound full and balanced, with precisely placed drum and bass woven between guitars and vocals. At no point in time does this album not consume your entire conscious, leaving you begging for more. If Hell had a lobby, Oblivion would play over the loud speakers.

     Oblivion is like a hyper, yet well produced I may add, chaotic can of evil (or worms, whatever) of both black and death metal incorporated vocals that twist and turn their way in and out of thrashing, compulsive guitar riffs. "Crushing Ignorance" and "Feeding Force" are the ultimate representations of the level of intensity that the entire album holds as a whole. This album set a really high bar for me for this band as it was the first I was introduced to, and I can say, no other album, by Emptiness or another, measures to the intensity you feel when you're listening to Oblivion. It is truly it's own entity. The dark undertone of the majority of the vocals is insanely contrasted by the faster moving guitar and bass parts. This is the kind of album that you can't sit still to while listening. A+.