The Kovenant - In Times Before the Light

This is awesome, they brought back their black metal roots with industrial touches. This release is something really special. It takes me back to when I heard this album originally. It was great, but this "remix" album is lot better. It takes this album to next level and creates something new and unique. I know that many bands use industrial and black metal together, but Kovenant did this better.

The album starts with this dark atmospheric industrial loop and seconds later gives a blasting start. It reminds me of Dimmu Borgir's Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia and is filled with electronic and symphonic elements like this remix album. The only minus here is that it can be little bit noisy, maybe because of the mixing and sometimes it's very hard to focus on listening to just one instrument, but for the record I understand it is hard to add electronic synths to album recorded first with only black metal + symphonic synths.

In times before the light remix album, it works well and makes first version sound like something is missing. It does miss these electronic effects and keyboards and this theme unites it with other Kovenant albums. I would personally love to hear this album re-recorded.

My favorite song here is definitely "In Times Before the Light". It's complex, all the way awesome, and has a warm synthesizer theme and melodic orchestra. The vocals are evil and haunt your ears all night.

I recommend this to every industrial black metal fan. For all the people who enjoy electronic touch.

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