Comments on: Cobalt – Gin

By: Erik Thomas

Erik Thomas — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 14:08:07 +0000

I think eater of birds is the better album, but this si still quality

In truth Aemseours and Altar of Plagues are better

By: gabaghoul

gabaghoul — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 05:21:39 +0000

wow tastes really do vary – I did not enjoy this very much at all. made me want to listen to Ludicra instead, I think a song like In fever off Fex Urbis is way more kickass than anything I heard here.

then again I was not a huge fan of Eater of Birds, no matter how many times I tried to get into it.

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 21:57:41 +0000

As far as experimental black metal is concerned, I find Cobalt more musically interesting than Nachtmystium. ‘Assassins’ was a daring album for sure, and as a fellow metal scribe I always appreciate something that is challenging to digest and analyze, but a few months on, it hasn’t had much staying power. In the end I think it was kind of a lazy album.

By: PFL

PFL — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 17:19:25 +0000

Erik Wunder played all the instruments on Gin (along with doing lead vocals on “Dry Body”) and pretty much wrote the entire album, and Phil did the vocals.

By: Nick A.

Nick A. — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 15:04:38 +0000

Fuck this album is good. I feel Nachtmystium culled Pink Floyd and crust punk anthems for Assassins, whereas, as you detailed, this album feels even more progressive, appropriating a wider variety of musical styles. I suppose it still works within the framework of black metal, but I don’t know how the novice could discern that. My question: was this really only made for by two people?

By: Stiffy

Stiffy — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 14:38:53 +0000

Nice review, Erik. This sounds killer. I should check into these guys and stop putting it off.