Review by: Duane Jackson - Sinister Online - 200.

Mytile Vey Lorth? Sorry, but What The?! Okay, instantly, with a name like that and artwork to match, I'm getting myself ready for some form of black-influenced metal. Indeed I am right, as from the depths of hades or whatever, comes ACT's blackened death metal Mytile Vey Lorth - affectionaly titled MVL for the rest of this review to make my life a hell of a lot easier. MVL deliver a surprisingly precise rendition of a genre that can't really exceed their boundaries. What you get with blackened death metal is fast thrashy influenced drumming with blast beats galore, death-influenced guitar work all behind a wall of crust-laden vocals. And that's exactly what we get here, and while nothing new, it is done rather well. For a band that hasn't been doing this exact genre for all that long, MVL do it convincingly and any fan of blackened death will find something to love here. Just don't expect to be blown away. 7.5 out of 10.

Review source: Mytile Vey Lorth - Disillusion Review

Review by: Sam Thomas - Live 4 Metal Webzine - 2007.

Bloody Aussies! Just when youve got round to the idea that they're winning every sporting trophy and tournament in sight, they start muscling in on the music world as well! Recently, Ive reviewed the brilliant Virgin Black, so I was quite looking forward to making the acquaintance of Mytile Vey Lorth. They've been around since 1999, apparently, starting out in the doom/black end of things, playing the east coast of Australia and releasing an EP. Their latest release, Disillusion, has elements of both black and death metal. This isn't the longest album in the world, but that's probably a good thing, as too much of an aural battering into submission is not good for the soul. The style of this is just complete, relentless slabs of sound, assaulting the listener and just pounding, pounding away. The song structures are very reminiscent of Amon Amarth (With Oden on our Side era) in their very deliberate style, but there are also elements of Norwegian black metal (early days) in the drum style.

I still haven't been able to establish the origin of the band name (still sounds like something vaguely Scandinavian) which is bugging me slightly, but that's honestly the only complaint I can come up with on this album. Basically, it is just superb, right from the opening crashes of "Intro" (confusingly not a wishy-washy instrumental affair lasting a pathetic thirty seconds, but a full-blown, full-on grown up metal masterpiece of impeccable pedigree) through to the final notes of track seven, "She who destroys the light". This is one of those CDs that you cannot possibly listen to without some fairly vigorous headbanging activity, it has everything going for it in an extreme metal kind of way. You've got the frantic drumming, the vocals ranging from simply tortured rawness through to the just slightly sub-pig squealing shrillness. And of course the sheer impact of an out of control juggernaut being driven by an Eastern European with no brakes and a drink problem. Altogether this is an extremely high-quality release which I'm still struggling to believe comes from anywhere other than Sweden. This isn't a cheap rip-off of blackened Swedish death: this is a serious piece of metal produced by some very talented guys, which has just blown me away.

Review source: Mytile Vey Lorth - Disillusion Review