Monday May 24 2005, by :Vragh:

Iconoclasm - 2005 - Iconoclastic Warfare

Out of Belgium comes this Black Metal outfit with their second full-length album. On this album are twelve tracks of fast, slightly thrashing Black Metal. I find quite a few influences in their music, earlier Marduk, Dissection and Sargeist, with some slight Darkthroneriffing here and there. Quite interesting, especially with their own ideas thrown into the mix.

The vocals mostly remind me of the ones of earlier Marduk, with some Nattefrost and Dissection, harsh and desperatesounding, slightly in the distant.

The production has a lot of bass in it and sounds slightly muffled. I would have prefered a slighlty clearer production, so you could hear a bit more of the drums, but that is just a minor detail. We get good musicianship and strong material. A good album indeed. Standout tracks are "Iconoclastic Warfare", "Welcome to Hell", "Daemonz" and "Screams of the Banshee".

Links:

• Official band site
• Buy from the label