#496. Slavia- Strength and Vision

Genre: Black Metal
Origin: Norway
Release Date:2007
Label: Drakkar Productions

National Socialist Black Metal (NSBM) usually isn't my type of black metal. I usually don't enjoy the fast, aggressive, angry type of black metal as much as I like the Burzum-esque relaxing atmospheric type. This is an exception, however. This is even angrier and more hateful than most NSBM bands, so it's a wonder I even like this at all, let alone put it among my top albums list! Slavia is a mostly one-man project from Norway, and this is their debut album Strength and Vision.

The first thing you notice, after the intro, is the amount of distortion on...everything. The whole thing is almost the polar opposite of Rhapsody or Hammerfall production-wise. This fits, though, and makes the album as a whole sound dirtier, grittier, and just plain filthy! This is the angriest black metal I've ever heard! Sure, it isn't the most "br00t4l" black metal band, the atmosphere of pure hatred surpasses anything that brutality can show. The band was obviously somewhat influenced by Deathcrush-era Mayhem, except this is much, much better. Recommended for those who can handle it.

1.	Pissdrained Castles of Gold	09:22
2.	The Blasphemic Art	02:08
3.	Divided by Three	05:53
4.	Detector of Evil	02:06
5.	Not Even Human Fucking Beings	03:58
6.	The Ancient Light	03:02
7.	The Abyss Desecrator	05:24
8.	Trifolium Repens	03:06
Total playing time		34:59

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