The second half of _LaBAtA_ consists of material which is far easier to clearly associate with single stylistic and geographical regions on the black metal map. The last two tracks offer medium-paced, Pagan and/or Slavonic sounding black metal, which is not mind-blowing but nevertheless very well written and performed. On these tracks the slower nature of the songs allows every instrument some more space in the mix, and therefore the production appears to be far more balanced, especially as far as the drums are concerned. The last track features some clean vocals in an awfully bleating, semi-operatic style (think Behemoth's Nergal on some songs from _Grom_); these are painfully out of tune and tend to make me cringe, but as a whole _LaBAtA_ is an excellent album which everyone who is into the bands mentioned in this review should seriously seek to add to his collection.