After a couple of experimental, far-reaching albums Watain have made the decision to dial their sound and song-writing back about ten years and rework the shapeless mess of 'Sworn to the Dark' into a fully functioning semi-melodic black metal album. 'Trident Wolf Eclipse' is easily the most accessible and polished release from Watain to date. It perfects the attack of late 90's second wave Norwegian black metal and slicks the whole thing over with an oily ocean of Swedish black metal darkly melodic precision. I've already seen careless writers praise the album as "black metal's 'Reign in Blood'..." and just reading such inane twat-flapping gave me heartburn. That isn't to say this isn't intense and aggressive and yes it absolutely has that rapid-fire pacing without a moment of dawdling.