Search - Primitive Graven Image :: Traversing the Awesome Night

Melodic black metal with some refreshing variety

Paul E. Palubinski | Denver, CO USA | 02/19/2008

(4 out of 5 stars)

"'Traversing the Awesome Night' is a nice dose of black metal infused with thrash, atmosphere and some strong guitar melodies. There are some slower, moodier parts here, and some nice driving beats that also create a great deal of rhythmic variety.



All in all, this is a rock solid release. The production isn't stellar, but does it's part in lending to the overall atmosphere. I would really like to see where these guys go next. It is clear that they have a phenomenal amount of talent, and I think that they will soon outgrow the black metal label and may quite possibly end up covering a lot of musical terrain over the course of their career. Definitely keep an eye out for Primitive Graven Image!"

Awesome Black Metal

J. Stewardson | Rochester NY USA | 08/25/2009

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Hailing from UK, Primitive Graven Imaged released this debut album on Open Grave Records back in 2006 and it is pretty great for a debut album. It's very obvious that they are heavily influenced by Darkthrone but it's definitely not a rip-off. I really dig the thrash influences on this album. Thrash metal happens to be one of my favorite metal subgenre so I really dig the sounds. I like the way they used a little of keyboards and focus more on the guitar riffs. I've noticed that many black metal bands focused mostly on keys which is getting boring for me. It's actually refreshing to listen to their album.



I definitely recommend the album to anyone who dig black metal and want to hear something different than typical black metal that went overboard with keys.



Best Song:Fear and Fire

Worst Song: Design





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