LORD BELIAL – Kiss The Goat Gatefold-LP (Pink Vinyl)

It's a bit presumptuous, but it can be pretty safely argued that any album is as much a product of its time as it is of its place of origin. Hearing an album from the northern reached of Europe of the blackened variety during the mid 90s brings with it some obvious implications, but more so with regards to the when than the where. It's pretty well a given that with the close of the Norwegian 2nd wave circa 1994 that most early offerings thereafter would not stray too far from the established paradigm, and Lord Belial's 1995 debut "Kiss The Goat" brings little to no surprises to the table insofar as its era is concerned, though it is perhaps a little atypical for a Swedish offering and a bit more indicative of a Norwegian character.