Second To Sun – ‘Leviathan’ [Album Review]

As a music reviewer, it is so easy to forget that so much of music enjoyment, despite recommendations and comparisons, really just comes down to personal taste. And, in much the same way that I can’t find a single defining reason why a Johannes Brahms symphony moves me far more than, say, a similar offering from Gustav Mahler, I am finding it practically impossible to pin down one single reason why I find myself enjoying Leviathan, the latest album from St Petersburg-based Second to Sun, so damn much. It all just comes down to taste. Sure, there are plenty of good reasons to recommend this record: the dynamic range of styles, for one. Here’s an album that shifts gears from downtempo grind (“Marsche der Wölfe” has all the martial drive of Marduk) to deceptively soft DSBM melodies (“I psycho...

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