The supervillain's magnum opus: a consistent theme, the ability to tell stories, use samples creatively, and rhyme technically, MF DOOM creates a hiphop classic with Mm..Food.

Hip-hop's finest and an underground classic presenting the best of both worlds in rapping and production.

Flows like a river. Every single instrument being played on the album sounds bare and creates wonderfully harmonious melodies. It delivers something very pleasingly simple yet elegant from start to finish.

Bursting with energy and positivity, like being filled with bravado to face a terrifying but exciting new journey head on.

This record is anything but one-dimensional; absolutely pummelling sound worked with some moments of harmony amidst all the rapid-fire, violent rage, in this extreme metal gem of an album.

I don't know that I can pick a single favorite track with Danny painting a raw story, with each one building upon one another and snowballing until it breaks apart towards the end when Danny finally decides to get himself together and deliver a definitive statement. That being said, Ain't It Funny got me into this album, so I'll go with that. But this entire record is just a masterpiece. A frenzied, yet sobering, statement and then some.

Though the band itself may seem contradictory to what the genre they play generally stands for, Antestor's musicianship is nothing to scoff at. That's what earned them the respect they deserve: the fact that their craft speaks for itself, regardless of lyrical focus or labels. Don't take my word for it, maybe Hellhammer himself acknowledging the band and playing drums on this record will do the trick.

While the brooding atmosphere the sound encapsulates is a selling point for Desolate North, it can start sounding monotonous the further you go, especially with the cymbals repetitively and loudly ringing off, which sounds more distracting to, rather than being part of, the listening experience. I do find some enjoyment from it still, as the rough mix, reverbed tone, and the sounds of nature, create this weird sense of comfort while journeying through the gloom.