Belenos - L'Ancien Temps

Finally it's here! I've been waiting for this album to arrive in my dirty rotten hands for 2 months. After finding the digi-slipsleeve sold out nearly everywhere, I finally tracked it down on a Swedish metal mail-order site. Luckily, for those who are not able to grab the digi version, Adipocere Records will be pressing a normal double cd version in early 2006.

Relatively obscure French black metal act Belenos has re-released their early demos, Notre Amour Eternel and Triste Pensee in this 2 disc album collection. Originally released in 1996 and 1997 respectively, these demos by no means sound dated. The music is fast melodic black metal along the likes of Nattens Madrigal Ulver mixed with Burzum and put through the usual raw black metal production.