FURZE – BLACK PSYCH TORMENTOR (Review by Varg The Mighty)

 

Today’s review is of Norwegian Experimental Black Metal band Furze’s new EP.

This release gets the cold and raw production of your most wretched Black Metal bands and gives it an unexpected turn, delivering a similarly recorded piece that adds some extravagance and even fun to the otherwise evil mix. With many fairly upbeat parts and apparent silliness that makes it stray in a great way from your usual Extreme Metal, it nonetheless has an underlying mystique and catchiness that makes it an interesting play.

If you’re looking for something formal and occult you may probably be displeased (even though sometimes these adjectives can be put to proper use here), but this EP has some sort of obscurity that at times may be better described as crazy instead of silly, though always slightly childishly. Adding to this a little bit of rock n’ roll flamboyance, the result is hard to pin down with precise words, and may be better understood listening to it, though this may be done at the readers’ discretion given the experimentation employed. My personal highlights are “Tactics From Beyond” and the title track.

I recommend this album to fans of Experimental Black Metal and Raw Black Metal. My rating is of 8/10.

VARG THE MIGHTY