Grabgesang – Of Medieval Graveyard Frost (1995)

November 10, 2023

Asides from the hissing sibilance of the hi hat cymbals eating away at my inner ears like some giant mastoid, Of Medieval Graveyard Frost is a fabulous second-wave black metal offering. Underneath the grime and hiss of the tape, the songs sound very solid and well assembled. They are led by a maniacally riffing tremolo attack mostly, slowing into more sinister riffs periodically to really hammer home the atmosphere. The drums, as in, the actual snare etc. are very clear, it is only the cymbal elements which become ensnared in lossy cassette noise.