No matter how many times a band or album in this style appears, the collision of black metal and trance music will never cease to amaze me. On one hand, this fusion would see the corpses of Dead and Euronymous churn in their grave; on the other, isn?t this type of sonic rebellion what black metal is about? And now that Violet Cold are out of the picture for the foreseeable future, Mesarthim have usurped their LED-lit throne as the new sovereigns of danceable black metal magic. Though they certainly have the catalog to back up their claim to the crown, one need look no further than the Australian duo?s latest EP, Vacuum Solution, which is perhaps their most thorough examination of EDM influenced black metal yet. At their best, they make it sound like these two genres need each other and even at their worst the songs are still good enough to wring some enjoyment out of. Haters gonna hate, but given the globe?s current state of affairs, maybe some black metal to shake your ass to isn?t the worst thing in the world.
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