Troll "Drep De Kristne" Cassette totally sold out!!

Do you like True Black Metal??? I sure as hell do. And I am more than aware of the fact that it’s almost impossible to create a TBM album and use a considerable amount of keyboards. But not totally impossible. TROLL ‘s “DREP DE KRISTNE” is the proof.
Whenever a band decides to use keyboards on what is dubbed a Black Metal release, the usual outcome is a pseudo BM album, where the guitars and bass (which are supposed to be very important) end up slaving away to the so-called atmospheric effect of these keyboards. Unless of course, the band makes merely a limited use of “atmosphere”. On “DREP DE KRISTNE”, the stringed instruments retain the sort of role they deserve. Well, at least the guitars do. They are clearly audible, and have that required buzzing sound to them. And they sound just as aggressive as they are supposed to be on an album whose title means “Kill the Christian”. Sadly but not surprisingly, as on many releases with a typical BM production, the bass is not to be heard. The keyboards are omnipresent, often choir-like, and seem to melt in with the guitars to put across the thoughts and mood that Nagash wanted to express. And I have to say that this is by far his best musical effort. The truth be told, this is no raw Underground BM album. The production is too high-quality for a True Black Metal release, and this might ruin the impression for many a listener. Plus I personally fail to see the point of track number 3, “Trollberg”. It’s an instrumental without any stringed instruments, which seems rather inappropriate to this genre of music. But the fact remains that “DREP DE KRISTNE” is a lesson on how to mix real Black Metal with a layer of keyboard-generated atmosphere.
Don’t get me wrong, this is not my favorite Black Metal album. Far off that, actually. However, it does deserve a huge amount of respect, for having achieved something that very few others (maybe none) have yet to succeed in: ”DREP DE KRISTNE” has proven that True BM and all-around keyboard use do not necessarily contradict each other.

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