Hat is a Norwegian Black Metal band. Hat means Hate in Norwegian. The album artwork is cool and depicts a skeleton with a woman’s hair wearing a black gown and wings on her back. The way the skeleton is looking up is cool.
Vortex Of Death opens with the nice song “Inhumanas Revelatio” which is I hate to use this word kickass. Man, what a way to open a Black Metal album. This just shows why the Black Metal bands from Norway and Scandinavia are cool and again I hate to use this word rock.
The second song is “Invocation Of Death”. I like songs with cool names, this one takes it one step forward not only is the song cool but it shows the musical maturity and outlook that the members of Hat hold.
I don’t know what more to say about Vortex Of Death except that it isn’t Black Metal close to the standards of the Black Metal elite like Darkthrone, Immortal, Gorgoroth, Burzum but Hat manage to carve out a place for themselves.
My picks from Vortex Of Death are “Inhumanas Revelatio”, “Invocation Of Death”, “The Flesh I Wear”, “The Path To Immortality”, ”Overmenneske”, “Ultimate Evil” and “Slaves Of Insanity”.
The Right Hand Path’s Rating – 10/10
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