TAPE 2012 by Zwaertgevegt

1: Jiaru
2: Validation
3: Weit unter Mir
4: Promises
5: Apart

Review: The intro of the tape is nearly three minutes long, which is clearly way too long, hardly evokes anything, and might be an indication of which way we are heading. The demo really starts with Validation, and, to my horror, I realise that the intro really was an indication for the first song. The vocals are black metal, but everything else sounds more like alternative rock. At times it is hypnotising, and there are riffs that really work well, but it never really delivers. The following track has a more generic underground black metal sound, but keeps the midtempo drum beat at a very very VERY steady pace all the way through. Closing tracks Promises and Apart are like the intro - enough said. Please, forget this one!

Source: NLBMe exclusive, February 2018.