Book of Black Earth (Washington state, U.S.A.)

Book of Black Earth was extreme metal in Washington state. The last thing left behind was the recording The Cold Testament in 2011. Apparently, the reviewers over at Metal Archives really hated the album: "In the end, I'm confused about what kind of sound this band wanted to present on this album. Is this supposed to be blackened death metal, blackcore, both, or neither? Individually, the songs are all solid in their respective genre, but they make no sense mixed together as they are. I would like to rate this higher, but can't." Another person there said:"I am not blowing smoke when I proclaim that this album is one of the most blueprint essays ever attached to heavy metal music and it pains me to think I wasted 35-minutes of my life having to find something positive to say about it so as not to totally defecate on it as a whole. Sadly, I can only compliment them on playing in tune and constructing music properly by design if nowhere near proper in integrity." A third person also hated it and said: "I don't know what happened there, but they need to kick this guy to the curb and get somebody else to do it. He sounded fine on the first two albums, he certainly isn't the best extreme vocalist, but he certainly got the job done. Here it's just like he put the mic to his ass and farted. Overall, I give this album a 60, and that's being generous."

The Cold Testament by Book of Black Earth