Lightning Swords of Death - The Extra Dimensional Wound (2010)

“There is a turd in the punch bowl, I repeat there is a turd in the punch bowl.” Is exactly the first thing we thought when listening to “The Extra Dimensional Wound”. After a mostly decentstack of albums we have reviewed in the last few weeks we had to get a turd of an album. Playing harsh Black Metal in the way of Bathory, Venom, etc. Lightning Swords of Death has failed to capture the feeling and inspiration behind these legendary bands.

With a wide variety of uninspired riffs, an overly loud bass guitar line, and sub-par vocal “The Extra Dimensional Wound” will create and actual wound in your ears from listening to this release. We are not always completely negative, and we can say that the drumming in this album is probably the best thing going for it, besides the song titles and the super cool band name.

The band has a very low-fi sound that is harsh and sounds like the earlier days of Black Metal, but they fail to capitalize on this atmosphere by creating 8 of the dullest songs we have ever had the ‘horror’ of listening to. There is no musical originality on “The Extra Dimensional Wound”, and we don’t even have a single section, riff or anything that will make us want to listen to this release every again.

After our traditional 3 full spins to every album, we decided to write this review and delete this thing from our computer. So we would advise anybody to stay away from this uninspired album, unless you like numbingly boring Bathory-like Black Metal with a production that will pop your speakers (intentionally done this way).

Release: May 25th, 2010

Country: USA