Behemoth
1995 "Sventevith (Storming Near The Baltic)" 1995

An early activity of Polish band Behemoth wasn't successful for them owing to the lack of distinctive sounding. This album despite its Black Metal tendency, gives after listening the feeling of tedium. Even the acoustic guitar parts don't improve the situation. Nothing but the one thing is really great in this record. It is drumskit sound which is excellent as well as the drummer. One could recommend this stuff to all drummers who want to achieve perfection.

February, 2001
Review by Vetrarnott

1996 "Grom" 1996

While the next year had been lasting Behemoth evolved from the usual metal band to an exciting hybrid of Black and Death Metal with tinges of classical Heavy Metal guitars solos. The production is really outstanding. The brutality and the aggression achieve a good level. The general level of songwriting has improved from uninteresting riffage performed on previous album. There is even a very nice including of the female vocals. Anyway, one may say simply that this record is advised to listen.
P.S. "Grom" seems to be interpreted as "Thunder".

February, 2001
Review by Vetrarnott
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