07042014 - Anguished "Cold"

Oh, the totally blood curdling screams of Anguished's vocalist and handler of all instruments except for the drums on this most chilling of black metal albums! Possessed Demoness, for it is indeed a woman behind those tortured wails, ice cold riffs and howling solos, has not chosen her name randomly, because she does indeed sound both possessed and demonic on these hymns to Satan and suicide, that in addition to sounding like pained cries of despair from a truly tortured soul, also possess a haunting and melodic dark - oh, so very dark - beauty! On some tracks, such as "Come to Me Satan" and "September Nights", she uses different voices, to great effect, making the spine chilling shrieks sound even more darkly deranged next to the more - dare I say - human sounding singing. Although I am positive that this Finnish hell siren will be far from everybody's cup of sacrificial virgin's blood, I really enjoy this in some sick and deranged way!