Black Shadow - негасимое бездны пламя! (2008)

   Black Shadow was a quite productive band of 2 members, mainly inspired by the classical sound of Norwegian black metal, but the touch of raw black is also sensable in their music.
  By lacking a drummer, a drum machine they had to use, and the difference is barely statable, only the cymbals sounding sometimes artificial or a bit not fitting, but except that it was a good made combination. The band preferred the intense and aggressive expression and a cleaner sound than it was usual at ordinary black. Instead of the atmospheric sound, melodies the've brought into focus to compense the frequently returning wildly hammering intensity. Their music is somewhere between the Norwegian style and Marduk, and also balancing between the old school and a more modern sound of black metal. If the listener pays attention, occasionally there are also some themes to find that may doesn't completely fit into the style and could serve as old school references to ordinary heavy metal. But because of the unified sound and their short appearence they aren't so influental in the main view, only there as interesting surprises. The album could be quite enjoyable for most deviant fans of the genre.