This is the fourth album from US black metallers Wolvhammer.  The Monuments of Ash & Bone emphasises the band’s more traditional second wave aspects more. Mixed with some first wave elements too, the album has more of an old-school feel to it in style, while still benefiting from a modern sound and delivery. The more experimental parts of the band’s previous album have largely, (but not completely), been quashed; on The Monuments of Ash & Bone Wolvhammer have let the blackness well and truly overtake them. Incredibly moreish and addictive, Wolvhammer have produced 41 minutes of darkness that any black metal fan should have in their collection.