Traumatic Voyage - Cogito Ergo Sum (2008)

This album was recorded back in 1996 and is only now seeing the light of day. Sadly, the world is really no better off now that it's been released. The first track is not what you'd expect: it's a techno/dance number. But from track two on, it's raw black metal, with the requisite noisy production and monotonous, droning riffs. I suppose the "avant-garde" description comes from the horrible off-key, warbling clean vocals and the mixing of goth rock and black metal. I suppose for 1996, it was moderately innovative, but there's not much to redeem it after all these years.