DIABOLICAL MASQUERADE — Nightwork (review)

DIABOLICAL MASQUERADE — Nightwork album cover Album · 1998 · Melodic Black Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
3.5/5 ·
Warthur
A solid symphonic black metal release from the Diabolical Masquerade side project, Nightwork succeeds in part because of what it isn't trying to do; presenting a brief, compact running time rather than the bloated discs often resorted to by symphonic metal bands means that the over-the-top orchestration of the album doesn't outstay its welcome. Veering deliriously between more traditional black metal sections and more symphonic moments, the album lures you in with accessible melodic black metal before slipping in a range of curious tangents that are easy to miss if the album isn't given your full attention. One that calls for repeated listens, in short, though at points it does feel a little vapid and show-offy.
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