We absolutely LOVED Mystic Forest's Green Hell, a blasting amalgam of twisted French black metal, blazing neo-classical fretwork, and unbelievable melodies that were stuck in our heads for days.Well, we've got this follow up disc from Mystic Forest, and it rules. Less soaked in white-noise fuzz than Green Hell (which we also carry), and boasting fuller production than previous work, this is still very twisted, very haunting, and ULTRA catchy...which is why we love this French one-man export (Stefan Kozak plays everything in Mystic Forest, and is only augmented by some additional female vocals on this album)! Rooted in grim, fuzzed out Burzum-esque black metal, Mystic Forest also adds soaring darkpop melodies, weird stuttering rhythms and vicious blastbeats, odd jazzy riffs and breaks mixed with absolutely gorgeous, heartbreaking female vocals from Julie Idesheim -think romantic, sad French music played in some smoky lounge in Paris, but buried beneath necro black metal buzz and blastbeats and lightspeed Yngwie-style neo-classical/sad-pop guitar shred ! And the classical element is taken to ridiculous extremes with renditions/interpretations of Chopin and Beethoven!