Aesthetically, this is black metal: vocals are reminiscent of Dead and Quorthon's screeches, the guitars are distorted and drenched in reverb Burzum style, the drummer utilizes a blast beat and plays in busy rhythms, and the band's logo and lyrics reek of black metal.

The music itself however, is typical speed/death metal riff hybrids that at best remind of a riff that wasn't good enough to be on Carnage's Dark Recollections and at worst, Entombed rhythms in harmonic minor chord voicings.

This is stocky, rigid, rhythmic 'bounce black metal' like Satyricon, Ulver, early Dimmu Borgir, Therion and later day Immortal.

The Somberliar is not black metal.
Speed metal dressed up to appear like death metal, itself dressed up to appear like black metal. The songs don't develop in any meaningful way, being nothing more than groove riff after groove riff interrupted by blasting or thrashing on rare occasions to remind you they're speed death black metal. Without any sense of song craft or theme being elaborated upon in the music, The Somberliar quickly devolves into a garbage plate of generic mosh fare that might be fun to see live if you're drunk, deaf and incontinent.

Aesthetically, this is black metal: vocals are reminiscent of Dead and Quorthon's screeches, the guitars are distorted and drenched in reverb Burzum style, the drummer utilizes a blast beat and plays in busy rhythms, and the band's logo and lyrics reek of black metal.

The music itself however, is typical speed/death metal riff hybrids that at best remind of a riff that wasn't good enough to be on Carnage's Dark Recollections and at worst, Entombed rhythms in harmonic minor chord voicings.

This is stocky, rigid, rhythmic 'bounce black metal' like Satyricon, Ulver, early Dimmu Borgir, Therion and later day Immortal.

The Somberliar is not black metal.
Speed metal dressed up to appear like death metal, itself dressed up to appear like black metal. The songs don't develop in any meaningful way, being nothing more than groove riff after groove riff interrupted by blasting or thrashing on rare occasions to remind you they're speed death black metal. Without any sense of song craft or theme being elaborated upon in the music, The Somberliar quickly devolves into a garbage plate of generic mosh fare that might be fun to see live if you're drunk, deaf and incontinent.

Aesthetically, this is black metal: vocals are reminiscent of Dead and Quorthon's screeches, the guitars are distorted and drenched in reverb Burzum style, the drummer utilizes a blast beat and plays in busy rhythms, and the band's logo and lyrics reek of black metal.

The music itself however, is typical speed/death metal riff hybrids that at best remind of a riff that wasn't good enough to be on Carnage's Dark Recollections and at worst, Entombed rhythms in harmonic minor chord voicings.

This is stocky, rigid, rhythmic 'bounce black metal' like Satyricon, Ulver, early Dimmu Borgir, Therion and later day Immortal.

The Somberliar is not black metal.
Speed metal dressed up to appear like death metal, itself dressed up to appear like black metal. The songs don't develop in any meaningful way, being nothing more than groove riff after groove riff interrupted by blasting or thrashing on rare occasions to remind you they're speed death black metal. Without any sense of song craft or theme being elaborated upon in the music, The Somberliar quickly devolves into a garbage plate of generic mosh fare that might be fun to see live if you're drunk, deaf and incontinent.

Aesthetically, this is black metal: vocals are reminiscent of Dead and Quorthon's screeches, the guitars are distorted and drenched in reverb Burzum style, the drummer utilizes a blast beat and plays in busy rhythms, and the band's logo and lyrics reek of black metal.

The music itself however, is typical speed/death metal riff hybrids that at best remind of a riff that wasn't good enough to be on Carnage's Dark Recollections and at worst, Entombed rhythms in harmonic minor chord voicings.

This is stocky, rigid, rhythmic 'bounce black metal' like Satyricon, Ulver, early Dimmu Borgir, Therion and later day Immortal.

The Somberliar is not black metal.
Speed metal dressed up to appear like death metal, itself dressed up to appear like black metal. The songs don't develop in any meaningful way, being nothing more than groove riff after groove riff interrupted by blasting or thrashing on rare occasions to remind you they're speed death black metal. Without any sense of song craft or theme being elaborated upon in the music, The Somberliar quickly devolves into a garbage plate of generic mosh fare that might be fun to see live if you're drunk, deaf and incontinent.

Aesthetically, this is black metal: vocals are reminiscent of Dead and Quorthon's screeches, the guitars are distorted and drenched in reverb Burzum style, the drummer utilizes a blast beat and plays in busy rhythms, and the band's logo and lyrics reek of black metal.

The music itself however, is typical speed/death metal riff hybrids that at best remind of a riff that wasn't good enough to be on Carnage's Dark Recollections and at worst, Entombed rhythms in harmonic minor chord voicings.

This is stocky, rigid, rhythmic 'bounce black metal' like Satyricon, Ulver, early Dimmu Borgir, Therion and later day Immortal.

The Somberliar is not black metal.
Speed metal dressed up to appear like death metal, itself dressed up to appear like black metal. The songs don't develop in any meaningful way, being nothing more than groove riff after groove riff interrupted by blasting or thrashing on rare occasions to remind you they're speed death black metal. Without any sense of song craft or theme being elaborated upon in the music, The Somberliar quickly devolves into a garbage plate of generic mosh fare that might be fun to see live if you're drunk, deaf and incontinent.