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higher.  Eurovision Song Contest - 20%  rasmushastrup, May 5th,
2008  I'm well aware that Galder is almost universally lauded as
some sort of black metal genius, but I have to say that the
reason for this eludes me. This release is a perfect example of
how not to make keyboards work in a black metal album, in my
opinion - the keyboards are simply much too overwhelming, to the
point where they utterly dominate the entire listening
experience. I mean, used right (and economically), keyboards can
certainly add atmosphere to a track - see for instance "Hate" by
Impaled Nazarene (from the album "Ugra-Karma").  The OMC album
starts out decently enough with "Phantoms of Mortem Tales", a
track that actually possesses a rather good combination of
melody and heavyness. Track three, "In Black Endless Void", is
also somewhat tolerable (as is track # 6, "Obscure Divine
Manifestation"), but the alb