The debut opus of Oslo based Norwegian band Tilintetgjort was carefully made to bring new impact to the scene and it did, now when I listened to it, I can safely say, it did. This one consists of six songs. Members of this band are in no way new or strangers to the scene playing or having played with likes of Troll, Den Saakaldte, Kvesta, Whip…to name just a few. Music of Tilintetgjort is that old shool Norwegian black metal sound, not dissimilar to nineties legendary albums and for sure influenced by all those legends, but it is also so much more, so we can even call it avantgarde black metal, being special, original and different from legions of clones out there. If I must compare this to some band it would be to early Dodheimsgard, at least I hear it like that. There are blast beats almost most of the time, apocalyptic cutting riffs, but also melancholic melodies and slower original and mid tempo to almost acoustic backed atmospheric parts, also wicked guitar solo can be heard occasionally along with dark ambiental parts.. Vocals are superb, courtesy of singer Svik, whose voice transforms so much from black metal screams to clean and beautiful melodies like in fantastic ‘Vinter og Host’ and there is a treat at the end of this album, 21 minute long epic Dommedagsmonument, as you can read, lyrics are all in Norwegian, but if you are into black metal for long you can judge from the song titles there are themes such as doomsday, alchemy, witchcraft… This is a brilliant fresh album and a very, very, strong debut.

9/10