As was

"In the future, Black Anvil would do well to hone their songs by focusing on the truly biting riffs and cutting out the obviously inferior ones, as well as varying the delivery of their melodic singing. For now, As Was is a competent and enjoyable progressive black metal record, that, once again, has me thinking they'll really come into their own on their next record. Fingers crossed".

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"... As Was aims far beyond the sophomoric black-metal fare that uses Satan as a way of saying "fuck you" to world. And while the interpretation is left to the listener, Black Anvil manage to be thoroughly convincing with As Was, an album whose lyrical opacity strengthens the versatility of the music, and vice-versa".

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"Mange af brikkerne er rigtige på Black Anvils senest udspil, men puslespillet går alligevel ikke helt op for denne anmelder. Pladen har ambitionerne, men de mange stilskift og spring i intensitet gør det hele til en lidt rodet affære. Det er alligevel svært ikke at beundre, hvor meget bandet har ændret sig siden forrige udspil. Amerikanerne står i hvert fald ikke stille, så man forbliver nysgerrig frem til næste udgivelse - det kan gå i mange retninger".

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