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| 3.5 great | Futures | May 11th 24 |
combining vampires and black metal? now that's good stuff. very enjoyable black metal with heavy use of dungeon synth, keyboards and church organs to add to the melancholic atmosphere. soaring synths really work well with the driving second wave norwegian black metal inspired riffs. the band really nails that icy, fuzzy and thin guitar tone that was a staple of that era and combines it with the synths and keyboards to make something pretty interesting. strong touches of melody as well without going too far. this creates something very upbeat and almost uplifting feeling which is quite unique. it is pretty damn catchy. vocally one pitch but really solid and powerful screams. imagine if second wave black metal never stopped and kept evolving, that's kind of what i see this as.
the only complaint really is that it gets predictable with the track listing being almost entirely a switch off between two minute dungeon synth interludes and then a 6-7 minute song. however, it does flow nicely but loses steam towards the end. definitely worth a listen for black metal fans of all kinds.
check out: "floating with the ravaged ones" and "devoured by lurking shadows"
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| 4.5 superb | Gary STAFF | May 8th 24 |
Embracingly melancholyic, synth-dominant sound (even some dungeon synth tracks too) and very sharp (quite DSBM-ish) riffs. The atmosphere this album evokes is exactly my type. Perhaps the vocals felt here and there a bit repetitive. But it's so charming...! Did I fall under vampyric spell?
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