Melancholic spells and incantations whispered amongst the winds of winter and long forgotten tomes. A crimson fog light settles into its frozen abyss as lush chords and hideous apparitions wander amongst the cold mountains and trees. Two silhouettes underneath the sanguine moon beckon thee towards the well of serpents in cold unending night.
Can you have your black metal with no moronic samples, with guitars downtuned to drill holes in your very self, hypnotizing bass lines, drums that are something more than blast beats and vocals that don't need to be soaked in reverb, and on top of it fast, melodic, headbanging and catchy?
Yes.
p.s. my grandma used to say: never judge a metal album by its intro. YomaBarr