Susperia
Predominance

The beginners (in 2000) Susperia are yet another band that one can easily do without.

Hailing from Norway and comprised of people orbiting around Old Man's Child, Borknagar, and Satyricon, they rattle off the usual malevolence on a CD that adds nothing to a style from which it's hard to expect surprises.

'Predominance' benefits from phenomenal production and perfect sounds as well as a good sound level that ultimately results in a predictable Scandinavian death-black album. An original idea is missing (though those copied from other bands are well presented). The inspiration is clearly secondhand and everything feels contrived. Good things come from the relentless galloping of Illusions of Evil and the mighty thrash of Speciman, a possible cross between Death and Megadeth, seasoned with a voice that doesn’t just make some noise into the microphone but attempts to say something, just enough to please fans of the genre...

A prevailing trend in the entire Scandinavian extreme scene is the "parallel projects" (and these Susperia are one) by the same "artists" who invent dozens of different bands to sell the same music... The trick, by now, is starting to not work anymore and as the technique refines, one begins to lose the soul, an irreversible fate of those who have run out of inspiration and proceed just to punch the clock... on the other hand, it's known that prayers in honor of Satan eventually run out (as notes do, after all) and so new ones have to be written… naturally, read this review while listening to satanic rites perhaps accompanied by Gregorian chant in the background...