I have diff. view on this album after hearing it enough :If you haven't heard this album, then you're missing out on quite possibly one the most mediocre and non-interesting black metal album ever to be released here in the states. Finally after 2 demos and a 7" - THORNSPAWN finally unleashes their debut album This is raw/chaotic BM, nothing more, and nothing less, 90% of the riffs are played over and over, and over but oh no, wait... not just any riffs, the riffs you hear on 90% of the other BM albums out there. So in otherwords, all the songs sound the same! The vocals are high-pitched, which are annoying. The production is, of course, raw! The overall sound to this is quite boring. Definitely one of the most overrated BM bands here in the states. Better representations of USBM : judas iscariot/weltmacht, cryptic winds, kult ov azazel, noctuary, and a few others.