Spektr probably has more detractors than fans; straddling black metal,
industrial and ambient you’re bound to never fully satisfy any
individual fanbase. With The Art To Disappear Spektr have made their
most accessible album to date (not that this necessarily means much in
the given context), there are long periods of fairly standard fare
black metal, then inevitably punctuated by ambient interludes and
industrial noise. My main complaint is that it’s a bit too polished
and clean feeling, a nice dirty dose of chaos would probably have put
this album over the top.
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