Published: December 5, 2013

'A Nest of Ravens in the Throat of Time' is the second album of the now two-headed Black Metal project grown Obsidian Tongue from Illinois. Musically one moves in typical American black metal realms, as we know it from Wolves in the Throne Room or Agalloch: So the pieces are all about long advised atmospherically dense and vary in mood again and remain unpredictable. Sometimes melancholic, then aggressive outbursts, the listener on A nest of ravens in the throat of time know how to amaze and consistently by keeping on the album itself a high level.

This is mainly due to the variety that does not let even the end of the album. From almost folky sounds you change sometimes, to psychedelic and swirling sounds or demonic whirring guitars there is much to hear. Bottom line, everything remains in itself conclusive, why nothing seems arbitrary and you never have the feeling to discover idle in some cases almost ten minute songs.

Certainly like Obsidian Tongue not invent the wheel again, but they have chosen not only good role models, but also have enough originality and potential, everything also itself well to implement. If you like the bands mentioned above, is Obsidian Tongue certainly like also.