sentence: personnel ; 1349 ravn -- vocals , drums ( '' the blade '' ) archaon -- guitar tjalve -- guitar seidemann -- bass , harmonium frost -- drums ; production ronnie le tekro -- executive production 1349 -- arrangement , production ravn -- production kjartan hesthagen -- recording , engineering dr. davidsen -- recording , engineering tom kvallsvoll -- mastering critical reception allmusic 's alex henderson called the album a '' nasty , harsh , brutally skullcrushing blast of scandinavian death metal / black metal that lacks even the slightest trace of subtlety '' .