Band:	Shores Of Sheol
Album:	Revelations
Style:	Black metal
Release date:	November 2006

01. I Rise
02. King Of The Olden Domain
03. Revelations

The last time I checked something by this band I though "wow, this guy has really good ideas", that was last year if I remember correctly. Now I am hearing a new demo from Sathur, a demo that sounds quite different from what I was used to hear with Shores Of Sheol.

Sathur seems to have switched influences; while his first demo was packed with aggressive Black Metal in the vein of Darkthrone, Beherit and Von, this new piece focused on melodies and musical skills (just as "In Harmony With The Dead"). The raw edge is all over the place (mostly in the first track), actually it's almost impossible not to notice it with a production as dried as this one, but that's another issue that will be stated later, still the last 2 songs have a different approach when it comes to harmony and melody; both tracks focus on stretched riffs and mid-paced tempos to create a more digestible sound.

The whole concept is quite good; I do think Sathur needs to carve a steady pattern for his music though, as most times the music explodes all over the place and the listener has no clue of what's happening. Still this is a good demo; very similar to "In Harmony with the Dead" actually, some things changed a little bit and other things stayed in the exact same way?If only the production would have been better?

Killer vocals!