While searching for the Norwegians' first album, I scoured many websites, mail-order services, and store shelves. Truthfully, I wasn't expecting anything extraordinary from it — just something for the collection.
But perhaps precisely because of that, "Where Light Touches None" delivered so many surprises and, more broadly, pleasant moments.
Both in lyrical and musical content, TWIN OBSCENITY can be classified as viking metal. The album's musical material is diverse and melodic, encompassing energetic and aggressive battle tracks with tight, fast riffs and beautiful solo passages, as well as mid-tempo semi-ballad compositions. Lyricism and balladry are introduced through acoustic and keyboard interludes, the presence of female vocals, and a generous dose of symphonic elements that never crosses the line into intrusiveness — in my view, the proportions are just right.
A very good, high-quality work, executed in full accordance with the genre's canons.
Not a masterpiece, but listening to this album will be interesting not only for die-hard collectors of the style.