Μνήμα: Forbidden Creatures of Time (2019)

Whoa.  So, according to my review of the band's Metal Archives page, this release came out two months earlier than the one I reviewed yesterday.  You would not know that from the sound quality and musicality though.  This release is markedly better than yesterday's subject.

I am not going to say that this is a particularly great release, but it is significantly better.  This is just a one-song demo, so it is obvious that the song is much longer than anything on the other release.  In fact it is about as long as all four songs on the other demo combined.  The band stretches their musical abilities here and actually comes up with a compelling song with a number of twists and turns and some honest-to-Satan riffs. 

Another huge difference is the production.  It is still a very raw production and it is certainly not good.  There are still major issues, for instance there is almost no bottom end at all (I am still not sure there is a bass guitar here).  But the drums, while muffled, actually sound like drums.  And the guitars are not so soaked with reverb that they cannot be heard.

I still cannot recommend this release to anyone but the most uber-kvlt of raw black metal fans, but there are some of those out there.  I did enjoy this release significantly more than yesterday's though and that is certainly something.