  
Texan band Ancient VVisdom have just released
their debut full length studio effort “A
Godlike Inferno” through Shinebox Recordings.
Researching for information about the band online
I’ve seen a quite confusing genre classification
for the band – Black Metal Pop; what the
hell does that mean? I’ve heard of pop metal
but I mean Black Metal and Pop? Let’s get
to the bottom of this.
There is nothing pop here at all so what the band
mean by using that classification for themselves
I will never know, what we do have here is some
eerie folksy rock music with a heavy acoustic
vibe, but it doesn’t end there oh no the
lyrical work is definitely reminiscent of that
associated with Black Metal mixed along with this
haunting sinister sounding music. Now that I’ve
properly described what the music actually sounds
like I’ve got to say whether it’s
actually work wasting 35 minutes of your time
listening to.
If like me you’re the type of person that
likes music to provoke energy or aggression then
I will say that this album will not be for you;
reason being that it feels just a bit too depressing
and maybe a tad too sinister, calling themselves
black metal was is a bit of a push because it’s
far too light even though the feel and lyrical
content is all there, I personally don’t
really know many people myself that would enjoy
this kind of thing. There are a couple of songs
that aren’t so miserable that I can actually
begin to enjoy and those are “VVorld of
Flesh” and “Forever Tonight”,
the thing with those 2 tracks is that they actually
have decent electric guitar sections that uplift
the track and give it some necessary filling.
I think the main things to bear in mind about
the album are that it’s not upbeat at all;
it’s heavily acoustic based and mostly suited
to people who like sinister types of music, if
that’s you then go for it and please let
me know what you think. All I can say for definite
is that the album was not for me even in the slightest,
far too miserable and I do not intend to spend
my spare time listening to stuff that’s
going to bring my mood down and put me to sleep.
1.5/5
Review by James Webb
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