Mütiilation "Rattenkönig" CD

Descripción The lone surviving band and the most known (alongside Vlad Tepes, Belketre) of the much underrated Les Legions Noires and in my opinion the best and "truest" black metal scene in the world has put out another album in this millenium. I'm a big Mutiilation fan so it's going to be tough to be objective but I didn't like everything this band has put out. This one is different for me. I put this in my list of Mutiilation releases that has pleased me. First off, the guitars are not loud in the mix like the previous album 'Majestas Leprosus' and the riffs are good. Production-wise its clean (at least by LLN standards) but not polished. Meyhna'ch's voice is a low growl which fits the music on this album well as opposed to his majestic screaming on 'Remains Of A Ruined, Dead, Cursed Soul' which I wish he could bring back again, perhaps on the next album.
I suppose the best way to describe Rattenkonig is that the songs all seems to blend together well, nothing sounds terribly different. But don't take this the wrong way, the songs are good and will warrant repeated listens. My standout tracks would be 'That Night When I Died', 'The Ecstatic Spiral To Hell' and 'I, Satan's Carrion'. The electronic "sounds" put in the beginning of certain songs does put an eerie atmosphere to it and adds to the overall quality of the album. I suppose my one complaint would be that the drums don't stand out and it would've helped having a real drummer do the duties here. Otherwise the production is no problem for me even though its not like other LLN bands or early Mutiilation albums which seemed to use sewers for a recording studio, not that it was a bad thing.

Sample: youtube.com/watch?v=xngjmXwfcEk&list=RDxngjmXwfcEk&start_radio=1