Antestor - The Defeat of Satan

Band Antestor
Album Det Tapte Liv
Genre Black metal
Label Endtime Productions
Year of release 2004
Line-up Vemod (guitars, backing vocals)
Vrede (vocals)
Sygmoon (keyboards)
Gard (bass)
Guest-musicians Hellhammer (drums)
Bjørn Leren (guitars)
Tracklist:

1. Rites of Death
2. Grief (instrumental)
3. Last Season (instrumental)
4. Med Hevede Sverd
5. Det Tapte Liv (instrumental)

After years of silence the moment has finally come, Antestor is back! With a new line-up and a new style. Antestor partly left that sorrowful Norwegian sound they were known for, now they make a more extreme style of Black metal. You can hear this on the songs Rites of Death (which will also be on the coming full-length, in a different mix) and Med Hevede Sverd. Both are fast, brutal and totally Black metal. The other 3 songs are piano-instrumentals, with some talking here and there. They sound beautiful, but I had hoped for more Black metal songs. Still a great EP, a nice teaser for the coming full-length.
The package is beautiful, only this already makes it worth its price, the box also has room to hold the coming full-length. It's a paper box, with the Antestor logo pressed into it, totally awesome.
Review by Max (April 10 - 2004)