Forteresse - Métal Noir Québécois (2006)

The band plays a style of ambient black metal that is not new or very much different musically from what has been done before (if you don’t count a couple of fiddle intros here and there) but they do so with such passion that they immediately stand out from most other bands who play this style of music. The distorted rhythms that create the general ambience of the album sound like they are being pummelled out with all the strength of the guitarist, out of his anger and pride in his music and homeland. Métal Noir Québecois is good, old fashioned black metal done right. With its passionate ideologies and musicianship to match, it is ready to takes its place among the classics of the genre.