The entire middle chunk on 'Carnal Malefactor' is outright full-on Gregorian chants with a 'Hallelujah' at the tail-end of it. 'First Prayer' uses a sort of hymnal Gregorian chants amidst distorted open string picking sections marked by deep sorrow and a religious sort of reverence and fervor, while 'Second Prayer' sets the stage for a more theatrical ambiance pervaded by a vicious malevolence and flowing with a more fluid groove, like the soundtrack to a dark entity in a film or some shocking revelatory scene. The infamous 'Prayer' tracks amongst many other sections during the song tracks are strange bouts of instrumental (more on that later) while the rest makes sure this could not possibly be mistaken for anything else but black metal. First, its most characteristic facet is it was built on an instrumental/song paradigm. However, it is unique enough that it deserves a little bit of description and analysis. It's long, it lacks structure, the production was it seems intentionally subpar. Let's get something straight: this album isn't easy to listen to.
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