The more I listen to Панихида the more emotionally affected I become. It's raw, primitive, guttural and heart-wrenchingly angry in its sound. Knowing the English translation of Панихида, "requiem", you would expect this. The album balances the reverence and severity of old Slavonic church rites with the anguished voice of the singer, and the meditative harmony they create is what I would expect to hear in a black metal temple. Spiritual and sublime.
