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Band
Illnath
Title
Third Act in the Theater of Madness
Type
LP/EP
Company
Pitch Black
YOR
2011
Style
Black
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8/14/2011 - Review by: Greg Watson

Illnath
Third Act in the Theater of Madness

Company: Pitch Black Records
Release: 2011
Genre: Black
Reviewer: ChaosLord

  • Rather bland offering



    • Illnath is a female fronted Danish black metal band. "Third Act" is appropriately their third release. At best, this album is pedestrian black metal and if it is indicative of previous releases then I'd say we aren't missing much. Mona Beck handles the vocals and tries to sound like a black metal Angela Gossow with some clean vocals thrown in. Vocals are not bad, but are just mediocre. Pete Falk handles the guitar pretty well and bassist Kenneth Frandsen and drummer Dennis Stockmarr admirably hold up the back end. Keyboards and operatic melodies are abundant throughout and don't add much but some atmosphere to a rather bland offering. The songs are very repetitive and don't do much to excite the system. There is way better stuff out there so don't waste too much on this one.


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    Third Act in the Theater of Madness
    2011
    Pitch Black
    		Greg Watson8/14/2011
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