Even though the number of black/death or war metal bands started to increase since the early '00s, and this tendency just turned better with time, Kerasphorus counts unique amongst them. Great sound quality and good production isn't too common in this genre, since most bands are hoping to reach the old school feeling by poor recording circumstances, or simply to release rehearsal room redords. That certainly has it's raw atmosphere, but it still seems poor compared to better quality. Especially if it doesn't take anything from the noisy sound. Because great sound quality and good production doesn't mean clean sound necessarily. Similar to Diocletian, the balance between these features was advantageously found by Kerasphorus too, and it gives a refreshing feeling, like if black/death was never so devastating before. "Cloven Hooves at the Holocaust Dawn" definitely doesn't sound like some experiment, or improvisiation. The great themes and song structures supecting some musical past of the members, or at least a long preparing time to work on the EP's material. The band wasn't so productive, later they had another, even shorter EP and the 2 EPs were released together as a compilation album.
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