Main man Ødemark states: “I wanted to push the limits of what extreme metal can be, and materialize a vision for the future of electronic black metal that required me to rebel against every single rule in my mind of what black metal is, to create what black metal can be. This included also the theme and lyrics, spreading awareness of the mind expanding psychedelic experiences and self-exploration within the black metal culture.”

The album has eight songs, and “The Black Legion” is first. Out of the gates, a cold wind howls, and a jarring riff begins a march of the dead. The electronic elements definitely give the song a more modern touch, but the traditional Black Metal elements keep it rooted. For me, it’s almost Industrial in scope, and the danger is dialed up past 100. “Asthetamine” also has a hardened Industrial edge to the horrid Black Metal that spews forth, and so far, Ødemark makes good use of tension and crescendos in his music. “The Birth of No-One” has a bit of a groove in the main riff, and the vocals seem to spring up all around you and eventually corner you where you have no escape. The electronic elements sound like lazars ripping flesh from bone.

 “DMT – Infernal Fractility” has a chaotic blend of heavy marching boots and a veritable wall of guitar riffs, and the duality of the vocal approaches helps to thicken up the frightening feelings you have when listening to it. “Cosmos” has more introspective sounds at first, like something you might hear in the outer limits if the universe. But the heavy march returns and the boots stomp out their enemy by cracking skulls and continuing on their course. “0” is anything but the sum of the title. The song is broad and chunky, and the scary vocals continue to overwhelm the listener with their frightening energy. “Thus Light Spoke” closes the album, and it is overgrown with a heavy filth, such that you feel like you might need to shower after listening to its blasphemous ways.

An electronic, harrowing, and deadly black sterility of the music is probably the most descriptive thing that I can say about the album. Traditional Black Metal has run its course in the genre of Metal now, I and I applaud Ødemark for his effort to throw the fans a bit of a rattlesnake that delivers a deadly bite before you can even see him.