Listening diary 6th April, 2022: Wolvennest - Void (atmospheric black/post-metal, 2018)
In the right light, this is astonishingly good, and unlike anything else I’ve heard. The
sound is somewhere between the schools of black, post, psych and doom, but really doesn’t fit
neatly into any category. The atmosphere is pure black metal, with tremolos and distorted
reverb everywhere, creating the kind of cavernous expanse typical of their Icelandic
labelmates on Ván Records. But there are no harsh vocals, nor any blast beats. Instead we get
hypnotic droned clean vocals, like something out of a krautrock album. The comparisons to
Oranssi Pazuzu are also apt, in particular the merger of psychedelic guitarwork with black
metal darkness, but this is far more meditative and doesn’t have any of the chaos. It
definitely strikes me as an album that I only love in darkness though, as some of the
atmosphere doesn’t really work unless you’re in the right mood. But even if it’s not perfect,
there is no one else doing this out there.
7.9 (7th listen)
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