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Serbia’s The Stone have been around for about a decade now and have
amassed an extensive discography of aggressive, hateful and somewhat
standard black metal. They even underwent a name change from Stone to
Flesh, to just The Stone after their first full-length, “Some Wounds
Bleed Forever.” Amid various EPs and demos, 2006 would bring us to their
fourth full length entitled simply, “Magla” which is the ancient
Macedonian word for “fog.” “Magla” is made up of six fairly lengthy tracks of fast,
militaristic black metal that can segue into some slower moments, but the formula
pretty much stays the same the whole way through. The riffing is
exceptionally fast at times and even highly melodic. The song “Testament of
Father Ary” is the finest example of this statement. Mostly though, it
doesn’t always translate into good and/or memorable song writing. In
the case of “Magla,” it’s somewhere right in the middle. Just when the
album begins to bore me and I can sense my mind wandering, a hook,
tempo change, catchy riff or even a wild short solo will emerge that will
grab my attention once again. The problem is that it’s never enough to
keep my interest. Overall, I’m positive that The Stone rips in the live setting as
they’re clearly able to play at breakneck speeds, but otherwise, I can’t
find much at all to get excited over. Pretty much everything about
“Magla” is average. The production, the vocals, the atmosphere, the cover,
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