I love the underground and how it sometimes gives you great music on a bad day. I was having really a bad day, hard time and then I discovered Nuclear Storm from Bavaria, Germany. These guys have been in the scene since 2004, released two full lengths and now they are back with a new third opus, first one in seven years. This album contains just what I needed, a fine mixture of aggression of death metal and melody and melancholy of black metal. Songs also have some gothic metal influences like fantastic The Empire, my personal favorite of nine songs this opus has. This song is a perfect blast beat aggression of black metal, epic melody and piano backed romanticism of gothic, reminding me why I love this genre of metal so much. Vocals are super, ranging from death metal growl singing, black metal screams and rough but beautiful melodic clean vocals, like in awesome The Crew. Judging by songs, this album is kind of concept story of hunting whales, cursed ships, endless roaming and never finding a way home. This is a discovery and my recommendation for fans of this music!

9/10