Endezzma are a first-rate Norwegian band consisting of (ex-)members of various known Black Metal bands such as Urgehal and Tsjuder. This morbid alliance, which has endarkened Germany with their live-presence already in 2007, now unleashed its first sound-execution in form of a MCD with 3 tracks called “Alone”.

Right the first song takes care of getting your full attention immediately, as it surprises you with the unexpected. It is not Black Metal as you know it, it has its very own style. The music is fast and chasing and one brutal BM riff follows the next, but the vocals are beyond growling and singing, it's more like a psychedelic vocal output with a mid-pitched voice. It is requiring and at the same time you will like it, as it gives you some thrills that you didn’t know before. 
The lyrics of the whole CD actually have nothing to do with classical satanic BM themes, but are rather extremely misanthropic and morbid. The thoughts and feelings mirrored here ain’t easy to swallow. The hate and despise towards humans and their failure get channelled as an irreversible fact, no hope is left in these lyrics. 
The second song musically is different again. It’s fast as well, but much more  malicious in its own way. This song combines brute Black Metal style with a slightly doomy touch which gives the whole creation an additional breath of perniciousness and misanthropy.
But the third song “Love me morbid” is the ultimate, I promise you. Between slow and mid-tempo the song crawls along devouringly and evil, carried by dark-dispiriting keyboard sounds. Fans of Ancient Wisdom will adore this song. The heart-rending vocal performance and the guitar lines in this song support the feeling of being thrown into the abyss. 
So, neither can you complain about any lack of variety and indivituality within this MCD, nor can you complain about bad photos in the booklet as these are taken by Sheol-Magazine’s Claudia (oh yes, some self-advertisement should be allowed from time to time).
The sound quality is surprisingly good, normally first recordings are shit, but not so on this disk. As a matter of fact I just wasn’t able to put the “Alone”-record aside, I had to listen to it at least 10 times (especially to the song “Love me morbid”) after receiving it. Just incredible stuff! 

Recommended track: „Love me morbid“                                              Rating: 9,5 out of 10

Review by Twilightheart

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