Review by Arek on July 30, 2017.

When looking through tons of submitted promos, an amazingly interesting musical bite fell into my paws. oltreLuna is the second album, and the third official release of this Italian trio signed by Avantgarde Music. This interplanetary digipak hides more than 55 minutes of hard to define music. I am a representative of the part of that particular group of homo sapiens, which spends most of their lives surrounded by music. I absorb quite a lot of different genres of it, but my metal-laced taste does not always acknowledge the avant-garde bands. Is Progenie Terrestre Pura avant-garde? In a sense, YES but is it still metal? Three times YES! If we agree that Nocturnus in their space death metal were reaching Mars, then PTP’s atmospheric / electronic black metal soars far beyond the boundaries of the solar system.

Music offered by those Italians is characterized by high levels of emotion and energy. In the elaborate compositions you can hear the echoes of their debut U.M.A., but in all this melodic / electronic / industrial insulation there is more brutality and black metal hooks. Instruments were extracted from electronic boxes. Even programmed drums sound more natural here. We have the impression that the classic BM band is decorated with sci-fi samples. In the beginning of 'Pianeta.Zero', after a short introduction we get a black metal kick in the butt, which, as if in the rain of asteroids, weakens and grows. Those hoarse guitar sounds have such power! The second song slams you in the face from the very beginning. Whoever survives it will have the chance to regenerate in the latter part of this number. There are cosmic tastes there that intertwine with the ethnic ones. The title track is a continuation of the ethnic / shamanic sounds of the new civilization, but with good pounding after less than 3 minutes of play. 'Deus.Est.Machina' opens with electro-sci-fi sounds just to remind you after a long stretch about the power of angry black. Also in the finishing 'Proxima: B' after a quiet start the Italians vent off the accumulated energy. Although "B" is supposed to be a planet of the earthly type, there is no peace and quiet to be found there. More than 15 minutes of contact with the vision of being on it shows its beauty, but also the hostility of new beings. That's oltreLuna for me. 

What do I like and appreciate on this album? For the atmosphere - a little nervous and restless. Sometimes beautiful but brutal, as befits a chunk of black metal. For energy – it does not lull us with its atmosphere. No boredom in there! For a very characteristic for black metal harshness. Is it a record for everyone? Certainly not. I was torn to pieces by this play on melody of emotions and energy, so I encourage everyone to check out if the musical post-black-fantasy dose served by this Italian trio will work just as well for you. Listen to this album loud! I'm going to enjoy this album some more, so see you somewhere in the interstellar space.

Rating: 8.9 out of 10

Review by JD on November 10, 2008.

Black Metal is the type of music that when it is done right, it is some of the best metal around... if it is not done well, it is nothing but garbled noises that no metal head wants to hear. That said, getting this EP from Chicago Black Metal band, Ditheist... I now had to make that determination either way.

This short album has only four songs in it’s silver hold, but is packaged amazingly good for such a short album. The artwork made by someone calling himself Tatomyir and is absolutely incredible and seems to set the tone for the EP itself, at least visually. This is one of the best album covers I have seen in a very long time, and that made me hope that Ditheist "Seduction Of Demons" was going to be as good as that was.

The CD opens with the track ‘Vengeance Is Mine’, and it automatically sucks me in like a raging whirlpool of heaviness and destruction into the pits of hades... assaulting me with such an unholy orgasm of thunder of guitars that harken to the old school BM and has a touch of death metal in there for good measure. In turn, ‘Thrown Into Oblivion’ and the title track explode out and solidify that these guys know what it is to make truly sick and twisted Black Metal. It simply flays tour mind with razor sharp yet heavy laden guitars and blasting drum beats that seems to be stoked by pure hell-power.

By the time the last track on this album fades off, you are going to really know that Ditheist is a Black Metal tour-de-force that is to be taken seriously. It does not break new ground, true... but they still are showing all of that great promise in a small package. My only hope is that they will actually put out a full album, rather than waste valuable recording time doing another Extended Play CD. The only drawback to the whole thing in my opinion... was that they put out a EP.

Categorical Rating Breakdown

Musicianship: 8
Atmosphere: 8
Production: 8
Originality: 7
Overall: 8

Rating: 7.8 out of 10

Review by JD on November 10, 2008.

Black Metal is the type of music that when it is done right, it is some of the best metal around... if it is not done well, it is nothing but garbled noises that no metal head wants to hear. That said, getting this EP from Chicago Black Metal band, Ditheist... I now had to make that determination either way.

This short album has only four songs in it’s silver hold, but is packaged amazingly good for such a short album. The artwork made by someone calling himself Tatomyir and is absolutely incredible and seems to set the tone for the EP itself, at least visually. This is one of the best album covers I have seen in a very long time, and that made me hope that Ditheist "Seduction Of Demons" was going to be as good as that was.

The CD opens with the track ‘Vengeance Is Mine’, and it automatically sucks me in like a raging whirlpool of heaviness and destruction into the pits of hades... assaulting me with such an unholy orgasm of thunder of guitars that harken to the old school BM and has a touch of death metal in there for good measure. In turn, ‘Thrown Into Oblivion’ and the title track explode out and solidify that these guys know what it is to make truly sick and twisted Black Metal. It simply flays tour mind with razor sharp yet heavy laden guitars and blasting drum beats that seems to be stoked by pure hell-power.

By the time the last track on this album fades off, you are going to really know that Ditheist is a Black Metal tour-de-force that is to be taken seriously. It does not break new ground, true... but they still are showing all of that great promise in a small package. My only hope is that they will actually put out a full album, rather than waste valuable recording time doing another Extended Play CD. The only drawback to the whole thing in my opinion... was that they put out a EP.

Categorical Rating Breakdown

Musicianship: 8
Atmosphere: 8
Production: 8
Originality: 7
Overall: 8

Rating: 7.8 out of 10

Review by JD on June 28, 2010.

It is getting harder and harder in the world for anyone to be blown away by something or someone. For me, it is getting three fold harder than that... that was until a little known Finish band called Amendfoil came for my perusal. Bang!!! I fell of my chair the second that the CD started.

Reminding me of a very odd convergence of Cradle Of Filth with Dream Theatre, with some King Diamond that then mixes with almost an Avenge Sevenfold/Children Of Bodom meets Thrash combination. Don’t know how they have come up with this odd collection of varying sounds and genres to make up their music...but they have successfully combined it all so that it works with momentous effectiveness.

Amendfoil can play, they can write pretty good lyrics, they can blast with the best out there. Damn, these guys are a band that needs to be heard. One listen to such amazing grouping of songs like the maniacal 'Lotus' or the flamethrower guitar attack of 'Ire'... it is so clear at how good this young band is. They seem to have it all, and are willing to share their powerhouse
talent to the masses.

Don’t take my word for how good this band already is, get the damn CD and listen to it. I guarantee that you will know the future of world Metal. It is in the hands of a young band by the name of Amendfoil and they will get better still.

Categorical Rating Breakdown

Musicianship: 8.5
Atmosphere: 8
Production: 7
Originality: 8.5
Overall: 8.5

Rating: 8.1 out of 10

Review by JD on June 28, 2010.

It is getting harder and harder in the world for anyone to be blown away by something or someone. For me, it is getting three fold harder than that... that was until a little known Finish band called Amendfoil came for my perusal. Bang!!! I fell of my chair the second that the CD started.

Reminding me of a very odd convergence of Cradle Of Filth with Dream Theatre, with some King Diamond that then mixes with almost an Avenge Sevenfold/Children Of Bodom meets Thrash combination. Don’t know how they have come up with this odd collection of varying sounds and genres to make up their music...but they have successfully combined it all so that it works with momentous effectiveness.

Amendfoil can play, they can write pretty good lyrics, they can blast with the best out there. Damn, these guys are a band that needs to be heard. One listen to such amazing grouping of songs like the maniacal 'Lotus' or the flamethrower guitar attack of 'Ire'... it is so clear at how good this young band is. They seem to have it all, and are willing to share their powerhouse
talent to the masses.

Don’t take my word for how good this band already is, get the damn CD and listen to it. I guarantee that you will know the future of world Metal. It is in the hands of a young band by the name of Amendfoil and they will get better still.

Categorical Rating Breakdown

Musicianship: 8.5
Atmosphere: 8
Production: 7
Originality: 8.5
Overall: 8.5

Rating: 8.1 out of 10

Review by JD on June 28, 2010.

It is getting harder and harder in the world for anyone to be blown away by something or someone. For me, it is getting three fold harder than that... that was until a little known Finish band called Amendfoil came for my perusal. Bang!!! I fell of my chair the second that the CD started.

Reminding me of a very odd convergence of Cradle Of Filth with Dream Theatre, with some King Diamond that then mixes with almost an Avenge Sevenfold/Children Of Bodom meets Thrash combination. Don’t know how they have come up with this odd collection of varying sounds and genres to make up their music...but they have successfully combined it all so that it works with momentous effectiveness.

Amendfoil can play, they can write pretty good lyrics, they can blast with the best out there. Damn, these guys are a band that needs to be heard. One listen to such amazing grouping of songs like the maniacal 'Lotus' or the flamethrower guitar attack of 'Ire'... it is so clear at how good this young band is. They seem to have it all, and are willing to share their powerhouse
talent to the masses.

Don’t take my word for how good this band already is, get the damn CD and listen to it. I guarantee that you will know the future of world Metal. It is in the hands of a young band by the name of Amendfoil and they will get better still.

Categorical Rating Breakdown

Musicianship: 8.5
Atmosphere: 8
Production: 7
Originality: 8.5
Overall: 8.5

Rating: 8.1 out of 10

Review by JD on June 28, 2010.

It is getting harder and harder in the world for anyone to be blown away by something or someone. For me, it is getting three fold harder than that... that was until a little known Finish band called Amendfoil came for my perusal. Bang!!! I fell of my chair the second that the CD started.

Reminding me of a very odd convergence of Cradle Of Filth with Dream Theatre, with some King Diamond that then mixes with almost an Avenge Sevenfold/Children Of Bodom meets Thrash combination. Don’t know how they have come up with this odd collection of varying sounds and genres to make up their music...but they have successfully combined it all so that it works with momentous effectiveness.

Amendfoil can play, they can write pretty good lyrics, they can blast with the best out there. Damn, these guys are a band that needs to be heard. One listen to such amazing grouping of songs like the maniacal 'Lotus' or the flamethrower guitar attack of 'Ire'... it is so clear at how good this young band is. They seem to have it all, and are willing to share their powerhouse
talent to the masses.

Don’t take my word for how good this band already is, get the damn CD and listen to it. I guarantee that you will know the future of world Metal. It is in the hands of a young band by the name of Amendfoil and they will get better still.

Categorical Rating Breakdown

Musicianship: 8.5
Atmosphere: 8
Production: 7
Originality: 8.5
Overall: 8.5

Rating: 8.1 out of 10