However, some ideas still come straight out of left field: the best example is the beginning of "Voyage of Satan's Elves", which opens with a brief sample of Wagner's "Ride of the Valkyries"... as rendered by a monotone on an old mobile! This is either a moment of understated genius or sheer idiocy, and I can't decide which it is. The Reverend's vocals remain as varied as ever, ranging from black metal shrieks and snarls through to a leg-crossing falsetto. Whatever else Tjolgtjar may be, he isn't a boring vocalist.

The realm of feral, lo-fi black metal is polluted with B-grade Darkclones, and the approach of the Reverend is more than welcome. It's just a pity that this is his final release, as his idiosyncratic style is far from exhausted.