Dødsferd - Skotos

#FOR FANS OF: Hellenic Black Metal

The Greek trio Dødsferd is one of those interesting projects, that lives under the long shadow of legendary acts like Rotting Christ or Septic Flesh. Being the Greek scene so rich in terms of quality and quantity, it is particularly difficult to gain some recognition, but this project, founded exactly twenty years ago, has managed to build a long career with some quite good releases. Maybe, they won´t have a particular masterpiece, which could have helped them to reach the top of the scene, but their music undoubtedly deservers our attention.

Having said that, its time to focus on the most important thing, the band´s new album, which is released in the twentieth anniversary of its existence and it should be a representative opus of this current sound. 'Skotos' is the name of the new beast, which is unfortunately a short EP of two songs, being extended by the previous full-album 'Diseased Remnants of a Dying World' as a bonus track. In any case, our attention goes for the new pieces. This stuff is firmly rooted in the black metal genre, which will not surprise its fans, though we are talking about a band that has experimented with DSBM or black/punk influences during its career. In contrast to its predecessor, 'Skogos' contains clearly shorter songs that get to the point. "Skotadi" is the EP opener, and it is a furious piece, whose pace varies between remarkably fast sections and a few slightly slower ones, but with a clear predominance of the speediest sections. The mixture is done quite well as the mid-tempo parts give us the chance of headbanging a little bit. This is traditional black metal as its best, with a tremolo main riff, that gives a hypnotic touch to the song. The vocals are vicious and high-pitched screams, nothing new, but they are solidly performed. The second track, "Cursed to Die at First Light", follows quite similar patterns, as it is another fast track dominated by a relentless rhythmic base. It also contains a tasteful main tremolo riff in the speedy sections, and a slightly more dissonant ones in the slower parts, which are nevertheless combined with more tremolo riffs here and there. One aspect I like is how audible the bass is, something that sadly doesn´t happen many times.

'Skotos' is a good release, which doesn’t offer anything new, but it contains two very enjoyable tracks that makes us expect more stuff, which sadly doesn´t happen. Let´s see if Dødsferd can release a full album with the same characteristics, even though a greater variety would be welcome. If not, the first positive impression would be ruined in case that we have a bunch of songs, that follow exactly the same structures and main characteristics. (Alain González Artola)

(Transcending Obscurity Records - 2021)
Score: 69

https://dodsferd.bandcamp.com/album/skotos-atmospheric-black-metal

Esoctrilihum - Dy'th Requiem for the Serpent Telepath

#FOR FANS OF: Experimental Black

It is quite clear that the obscure French project Esoctrilihum is as its best moment. The solo-project leaded by Asthâghul, released only one year ago a vast release untitled 'Eternity of Shaog', which made feel again very interested in this project. This album tastefully mixed the atmospheric nature of its debut CD with the greater experimentation of its later opuses. The album was a long piece of one hour, so I felt surprised when I saw that Esoctrilihum returned with another album, which is even longer, as it lasts around 77 minutes.

Could Asthâghul keep with the great level of inspiration and particularity of its predecessor? Well, the short answer is yes, and this is very impressive. The new opus is entitled ‘'Dy'th Requiem for the Serpent Telepath', and it is without any doubt a beast of an album in terms of quality. The album contains tons of excellent melodies and a healthy degree of experimentation, reaching the same balance and the previous album, but maybe with a greater atmospheric touch. For this reason, I consider the new album as the logic successor of 'Eternity of Shaog', but it has nevertheless its own distinctive touch. Aside futile discussion of how different or similar these albums are, this is a demanding piece work due to its details, complexity, and length. On average each song lasts seven minutes and this album has twelve, so you can imagine the amount of work behind it. 'Dy'th Requiem for the Serpent Telepath' is by no means a relentless piece of nonsensical fury or a hyper repetitive BSDM album. This is black metal with tons of details, pace variations, excellent arrangements and a perfect equilibrium between relentless fury and slower sections. This album has plenty of details to dig in, but I have to highlight the arrangements as they are simply superb. Songs like "Sahln" or "Agakuh" have astonishingly beautiful violins, which are tremendously touching. It is pure beauty uniquely mixed with excellent riffing, ferocious vocals, and song structures, which flow naturally from slower to mid-temp and to faster sections. The ups and downs in terms of intensity and melodic pulchritude is simply perfect. A song like "Eginbaal" shows that Esoctrilihum can be as heavy as any other band with a smashing rhythmic base, whose smashing double bass makes this song a particularly impressive one. As it happened with the album opener "Ezkihur", this track also has a remarkable work with the keys, which sound absolutely epic and absorbing. As you will appreciate in many moments the experimentation can appear anywhere, and the quite personal guitar melodies in the slowest part of this song shows that Esoctriliihum can mix both aspects of its sound in a natural way. These more bizarre melodies don´t sound out of place, but perfectly integrated in the song. "Dy`th" goes up the level of brutality as it has, again, a smashing work in the drumming part and the most brutal vocals of the album. In any case, it also has a very nice final part with another unique guitar melodies, that give to the song a necessary point of uniqueness, avoiding it to sound out of place. As the album advances, we will notice that each song has its own personality, and it is tastefully composed. You will find more or less brutality depending on it is needed or not, as it happens with the degree of experimentation. In any case, there no weak songs and as it has been, the arrangements are authentically masterful. The violins, the keys, or the organs like the ones we find in "Baal Duthr" are excellent, and you will enjoy each one. Vocally, Asthâghul has a rasped voice but not a high pitched one. His voice sounds rough, like a mid-point between the usual deep growls of death metal and the hight pitched screams of black metal. Anyway, he adapts his performance depending on the song as we hear him including some deeper growls in certain moments, or even clean vocals like it happens in "Baal Duthr", for example. Each instrument, and this includes the vocals, are used in its full potential to create complex and rich compositions, that must be tasted with time and attention.

My logic conclusion is that 'Dy'th Requiem for the Serpent Telepath' is an impressive album. There is little chance to complain about this work, maybe the fussy ones would complain about its length, and it is true that this album lasts much more than what I usually want. But believe me, the level inspiration and richness are worth of your time. Give it a chance and enjoy what is an album that shows how to be extreme, beautiful, and experimental at the same time. (Alain González Artola)

(I, Voidhanger Records - 2021)
Score: 88

https://i-voidhangerrecords.bandcamp.com/album/dyth-requiem-for-the-serpent-telepath

Tvaer - Uvaer

#FOR FANS OF: Black Metal

Tvaer is a quite new project founded four years ago in Minnesota, USA. It is currently a four-piece band, that just suffered a sole change in its short career. It seems to be composed by novel musicians as they don't have previous known projects, with the exception of the drummer. In these less than four years of existence, the project has been quite active releasing several demos and even a live album. Thanks to this activity and to a reasonably good potential, they have managed to release the debut album with the reputed underground label Bindrune Recordings, which is always a good sign.

'Uvaer' is the name of Tvaer’s debut and it is a ferocious declaration of black metal with a subtle atmospheric touch. Unlike other bands tagged as atmospheric black metal, Tvaer focuses much more on building a smashing wall of guitars, rather than creating intensively atmospheric compositions. This first opus consists of five tracks, where speed and aggression are occasionally accompanied by calmer moments which enrich the compositions. Even if Tvaer`s compositions have an aggressive nature, the expected atmospheric side of its music is still present, but with a subdued tone and in a form of more melodic guitar lines as it happens in tracks like "II", with the main riff that has an undeniable melodic tone. This second track and the following ones are fine examples of Tvaer’s strongest points, as guitar lines are excellently composed, with plenty of quite solid riffs varying from the more melodic ones to the more straightforwardly aggressive ones. In these tracks we can appreciate how the band varies its tempo adding some slower sections to the more common intensively fast ones. Another quite used resource in the album is to abruptly break the song in order to introduce some acoustic accords, that serve as momentary calm before the fury returns, also suddenly. These ingredients basically conform what Tvaer offers in this album, if we leave apart the much calmer closing track "V", and I must admit they are successively mixed and executed, although I miss a greater room for variation in the compositions as one could listen to these songs as a sole track, without noticing great changes. I think the band should make an extra effort adding more arrangements which could make easier to create more varied songs. This is the only great problem as riff-wise the performance is faultless and the rhythmic base sounds quite solid. Vocally, the work done by A.C is convincing with quite high-pitched screams, and even DSBM influenced desperate shrieks. He does also a nice job adding some clean vocals as a form of a background ghostly choir, which gives a nice atmospheric touch to a song like the remarkably inspired track "IV".

'Uvaer' is undoubtedly a quite solid beginning by Tvaer as it clearly has some strong points and overall a good work compositionally. As it usually happens with debut albums, the band needs to give a step forward in terms of variety, if it wants to create memorable pieces. The aforementioned "IV" is probably the best one in this aspect and should serve a good example for future releases. (Alain González Artola)

(Bindrune Recordings - 2021)
Score: 72

https://bindrunerecordings.bandcamp.com/album/uvaer 

Midnight Odyssey - Biolume Part 2 - The Golden Orb

#FOR FANS OF: Atmospheric Black

The Australian solo-project Midnight Odyssey has achieved a great reputation among the fans of atmospheric black metal since its impressive debut 'Funerals from the Astral Sphere', released in 2011. The project created by Dis Pater has shown since its inception, a tendence to release grandiose works, not only sonically, but also in its length. Midnight Odyssey’s works are not for impatient fans, due to its remarkably long songs and entire duration. Its first two works last around two hours, which means a lot of stuff to digest. Thankfully, the overall quality of those albums makes them a worthy listen, even though it is irremediable to find certain moments of dispersion in those compositions, especially in the longest songs. Listening carefully to a double album can be demanding and this requires tight compositions if you don´t want to sound scattered at certain moments. This happened here and there in those albums, although the conclusion was usually positive, because the positive aspects were superior to the negative ones. In any case, Midnight Odyssey and its mastermind appeared especially inspired, as maybe he had learned some lessons from the first works, when he released the first part of a new trilogy in 2019, the magnificent 'Biolume Part 1-In Tartarean Chains'. This album reached a new level in terms of quality. The length was no so long, even if it was more than 70 minutes long, and more important, the compositions were tight, focused and very well elaborated.

Two years later and having this first part in mind, Midnight Odyssey returns with a second half entitled 'Biolume Part 2-The Golden Orb'. The project’s trademark style and core-sound are still there, although Dis Pater has created this time a different beast. In contrast to the previous album, this opus has a brighter sound in general terms and undoubtedly it sounds more epic. This is indeed a truly majestic album and it shows a less dark side of MO’s soul, obviously related to the concepts developed for this second part of the current trilogy. One of the most important aspects that makes this album have a brilliant and epic one, is the much more generous use of the clean vocals, which have a shining role. The use of this kind of vocals occurs in almost all the tracks, though this does not mean that the extreme vocals are not there. Their presence is a fact, but this time the melodic voices have a greater presence leading to achieve an intended epic feeling. Songs like the opener "Drawn-Bringer" or the followings "The Saffron Flame" and "Unconquered Star", are mainly focused on those vocals, in the form of a sole clean voice or an epic choir. This use marks a great difference from the previous albums, making this new opus the most luminous one. The guitars and rhythmic-base follow similar patterns if we compare them to older works. Nevertheless, the guitars sound thinner this time, maybe due to the production, but I have the feeling that its production is not as crushing or dense as it was in the past. The difference is not enormous, but I can notice a change in this direction. The keys are unsurprisingly a key factor here. Like it happens with the vocals, this instrument plays an essential role in the search of a grandiose tone. The variety and quality in terms of key-based compositions is phenomenal. I am sure no one can complain about the keys, apart from preferring darker synthesizers than these ones. In any case, the opener "Dawn-Bringer" is just an example of how epic this album is. The keys are absolutely solemn and remind the most breath-taking film soundtracks. I can even feel a medieval touch in the arrangements used for tracks like "The Saffron Flame" or in the hypnotic beginning of "Below Horizon", which transports the listener to an ancient civilisation. Midnight Odyssey surely knows how to create a hypnotic and immersive sonic experience through its compositions. The most classic dark and space-related keys return for a quiet and beautiful final track entitled "When the Fires Cool", ideal for this vibrant journey.

Although I consider its predecessor a superior album, due to its incredibly focused compositions and greater balance in the use of the different vocals, 'Biolume Part 2-The Golden Orb' is also an impressive work. Perhaps, this album is not the dreamed work for those who desired more extreme vocals and a darker sound. In spite of this, the excellently achieved grandeur, the richness and the quality of the arrangements, make Midnight Odyssey’s last opus an excellent album and a must for every fan of atmospheric metal. (Alain González Artola)

(I, Voidhanger - 2021)
Score: 81

https://i-voidhangerrecords.bandcamp.com/album/biolume-part-2-the-golden-orb

Empyrium - Über den Sternen

#FOR FANS OF: Black/Doom/Folk

The German duo Empyrium is without any doubt one of the most personal and exquisite projects out there. The project, founded in 1994 in Bavaria (Germany), was from its early inception already a quite unique creature. Its personal and remarkably tasteful combination of neofolk influences and doom metal with epic touches, shocked the scene with it almost unbeatable inspiration and quality. Early works like 'A Wintersunset' and especially its sophomore masterpiece 'Songs of Moors & Misty Field', made this band a truly respected project. In this second opus the mixture of an intensely melancholic doom beauty and the folk influences was nearly perfect. Vocally, the band was also original with the combination of extreme vocals with baritone-esque voices, which gave an even stronger solemn and melancholic touch to its music. Afterwards, the band left behind the metal influences and focused sorely on folk and neo-folk sounds, which was a pity from a metalhead perspective, although the music continued to be very personal and excellent. With the band’s split-up, the classic members focused their efforts on new projects, though thankfully they returned some years ago with a slightly more modern yet tasteful opus 'The Turn of the Tides'. This effort didn´t receive a so warm welcome, although it pleased the fans in reasonable way.

Still, many fans deeply missed the early works of Empyrium and there was a cautious excitement when the band announced a new album entitled 'Über den Sternen', that was supposed to bring to black many influences from the classic works. This "back to the roots" is usually no more than a marketing strategy, but thankfully this hasn't be the case with Empyrium. I don´t imply that this is a replica of the early albums, but the influences are strong and completely present. A more modern touch in the production, already seen in the previous work, is still there, but as previously announced by the label, the doom metal and folk influences are back in a way we haven´t seen for a long time, and also the extreme vocals, largely missed by many metalheads. 'Über den Sternen' obviously tries to mix the most known two sides of Empyrium´s coin, the metal influences and the folk/neo-folk ones and they successfully do it. If I could complain about something from this album, it would be the following two aspects. Firstly, that the central part seems to be too focused on the softest and more folky influences, unbalancing the final result of the album. Secondly, maybe I had expected more shrieks based on my early impression from the first self-titled single. In any case, this is a magnificent album with many great tracks. The initial part is almost faultless with two compositions that bring us the best of their early works. The album opener "The Three Flames Sapphire", that has been presented with a beautiful video, is a perfect blend of the calmer and folk influenced side and the most metal one. The song evolves from its more folkie and melancholic start to a final heavier section as a delicate piece with a excellently executed ‘in crescendo’, just to end acoustically. The magnificent clean vocals with this baritone style and the undoubtedly nice flute are 100% Empyrium, and this means quality and style. The following track "A Lucid Tower Beckons on the Hills Afar" is a more metal oriented song, bringing back the best of Empyrium’s second and legendary album. The combination of extreme vocals, baritone voices and background vocals, alongside the always exquisite melodies, is a pleasure for the ears. The guitar lines vary from metal riffs to acoustic tones with elegance and naturalness as it happens with the intensity of the music. Doom metal and folkish music embrace together in a unique way. The central part of the albums focuses, as said before, much more on the folk side and though it does it with indubitable quality. The contrast with the rest of the album makes me feel think that another harder composition, would have been more than welcome between the purely calm songs like "Moonrise" and "The Archer". Its not a big deal, but I personally think that this would improve the overall impression and result of this album. The problem is not the neo-folk influenced tracks, but the impression that they are wrongly placed as they follow a song like "The Oaken Throne", which is still quite tranquil. The album recovers its initial momentum with the beautiful "The Wild Swans", once again the sophomore album’s greatness is back with an extraordinary track, that mixes with success the fury and the calm, the strength and the delicacy in one single composition. The album ends with the aforementioned self-titled song, that is undoubtedly a great way to end the album on a high. The final song summarizes all the trademark influences that have made Empyrium a so beloved and unique band. Pure elegance and beauty.

In conclusion, 'Über den Sternen' is an excellent work by Empyrium and aside minor complains from me side, this is a brilliant album. 'Über den Sternen' will make happy all Empyrium fans around the globe and should be a mandatory listen to all who like music made with taste. (Alain González Artola)

(Prophecy Productions - 2021)
Score: 85

https://empyrium.bandcamp.com/album/ber-den-sternen

Crypts of Despair - All Light Swallowed

#FOR FANS OF: Brutal Death Metal

Even though the Lithuanian scene is not one of the most well-known ones, it has always delivered some interesting bands. Personally, I had some previous experience with some black and doom metal bands, but this time is the moment to discover one of those obscure bands that plays a clearly more brutal style. Crypts of Despair is a four-piece founded almost twelve years ago, though the band required almost a decade to release its first effort entitled 'The Stench of the Earth'. This was a self-release with a good quality that made possible that the always prolific underground label Transcending Obscurity Records showed interest in them. So, thankfully we did not have to wait so much time and after three years, Crypts of Despair are going to release its sophomore effort 'All Light Swallowed'.

Crypts of Despair plays death metal with a modern and clearly brutal touch, although it doesn´t reach the level of relentless speed and brutality to be tagged as brutal death metal band. Anyway, the ferocity of its sound is out of discussion. 'All Light Swallowed' has a very strong production, dense and profound, which sounds totally professional and fits the style of the band. Stylistically, as said, this is a pure death metal with a modern touch as the guitars have a distinctive disharmonic touch, that makes them sound more chaotic and smashing. Here we can find two tips of vocals, deep growls combined with more high-pitched ones. Anyhow, the first ones have a greater room, but the combination of both is always an interesting touch of diversity. The album opener "Being-Erased" is a clear example of it, with maybe a greater presence of the screaming vocals in this case. This first opus is one of the fastest of the whole album, albeit it has some nice changes in the tempo, especially in the second half with the inclusion of some mid-tempo and even slower parts. This diversity of pace is a constant touch, even if we can always expect the speedy fury so common in this genre. In any case, Crypts of Despair likes to make a clear contrast between the sections full of blast-beasts and the much slower and heavy parts. We have plenty of examples like the excellent "Anguished Exhale" and "Synergy of Suffering", where the song evolves abruptly from super-fast sections to mid-tempo ones, and in these parts the double-bass sounds absolutely smashing. No one can deny that Crypts of Despair tries to extract all the potential from this formula and they actually do it in the right way, creating songs with an undeniably crushing sound and strength independently of the chosen pace. The album flows between tracks with this aforementioned formula, where the songs, whose structure maybe doesn’t differ that much, achieve a very effective combination of rhythmic changes, making this album a fun listen.

All in all, 'All Light Swallowed' is a super solid death metal album from a band that has done a good step forward in terms of production and refinement in its compositions. A refinement done to achieve a focused brutality, that will satisfy fans of modern death metal done right. (Alain González Artola)

(Transcending Obscurity Records - 2021)
Score: 74

https://cryptsofdespairdeath.bandcamp.com/album/all-light-swallowed-death-metal

Malice Divine - S/t

#FOR FANS OF: Death/Black

The global pandemic situation we all are suffering has nearly made impossible to enjoy live concerts, putting many bands under a difficult economic situation. On the other hand, many other bands, especially solo projects, are focusing more than ever on creating new music, prior to a hypothetical solution to this tricky situation. Malice Divine is a solo project hailing from Toronto, that took the advantage from such situation to give the final touches to its self-titled debut album, to be released this February. Ric Galvez, the musician behind this new act, had a previous band called Astaroth Incarnate. After leaving this band, he focused on composing a full album for his solo project, where we could have the creative control expressing in one project all his musical influences. Twenty-twenty was not obviously an easy year to record an album but with the support of a session drummer, he was able to record this opus, that combines black, death and thrash metal influences, always with a strong melodic touch.

Malice Divine´s self-titled album lasts almost an hour and it is indeed a melodic fest of excellently composed guitars. It is pretty clear that Ric has some classic influences when he draws the guitar lines, especially the frequent and well-executed solos, that have a remarkably vintage influence. As it is quite obvious, this is a guitar led album where the riffs play a shining role, flowing from more black metal influenced riffs to some death metal, thrash metal and even heavy metal ones. The guitars are excellently composed and executed with very well-crafted sections, that change frequently pace and intensity. With regards to the vocals, Ric’s voice is quite good, typically rasped and enough strong so as not to pale in comparison to the powerful rhythm base and guitars. The songs are quite varied in terms of pace, combining fast and medium sections with a remarkable naturalness. There are indeed some nice examples of relentless fury as we can enjoy in "Malicious Divinity". Other compositions like the short "Intuitive Realization" are not as fast as the aforementioned one, tough they don't lack the expected forcefulness. In any case, Malice Divine sounds more comfortable with mid-tempo sections full of intensity, with very powerful drums that create a relentless rhythmic section, making the songs sound stronger overall. "Ancient Visions" is probably the song with a clearer contrast between the fast sections, with blast-beasts and typically black metal influenced tremolo picking guitars and the calmer sections, making it the most personal composition of this album.

All in all, Malice Divine’s debut is a quite impressive first effort, that shows the great amount of work done by its mastermind. The well-made confluence of styles makes this album very appropriate for any fan of extreme metal. (Alain González Artola)

(Self - 2021)
Score: 80

https://malicedivine.bandcamp.com/releases

Grabunhold - Heldentod

#FOR FANS OF: Death/Black/Epic

The German band Grabunhold is a four-piece project created four years ago by extreme metal musicians and Tolkien lovers to merge both passions in a unique project. This combination is pretty well-known in the scene as black metal, alongside with power metal, has maybe been the subgenre with more bands influenced by the legendary writer. Anyway, these Tokien-esque lyrics are not the only source as some lyrics have a strong melancholic nature. The combination of both topics is undoubtedly something, which always can fit with the dark and powerful essence of black metal.

After a demo and a promising EP, the ensemble focused its efforts to release the always decisive debut album, which should show the project´s true potential. 'Heldentod' is the name of the beast and its firmly rooted in the most iconic elements of the black metal genre, with the always distinctive touch of the German scene, which usually has this effective mixture of fury, aggression and a yet melodic background in its music. We won't see a lot of it in the impetuous beginning of the album opener "Wolkenbruch über Amon Sul", with a furious and straightforward attack of some vicious vocals, merciless drums and sharp guitars. Regardless of it, as the song evolves, we can appreciate an increasing melodic touch in the guitars, occasionally accompanied by majestic clean vocals, which give an epic touch to a song that was initially pure brutality. This contrasted combination of elements define perfectly what Grabunhold offers in its debut album. As it happens quite usually, the longer tracks offer a greater scope to introduce more changes, influences and arrangements in the songs, being the ideal compositions to create more epic tracks. It happens with the first song, but this feeling is stronger in the excellent "Morgenröte am Pelennor" and in the final song "Der Einsamkeit Letzter Streiter". The first one includes some acoustic guitars, a tiptop melodic riffage and heroic clean vocals aligned with the lyrical theme, being at the end my favourite track of the album. The final song shares some characteristics with Pelennor’s song, though it has a more melancholic tone. In any case, these longer tracks allow to create compositions with more variations and the aforementioned epic touch. On the other hand, we can find more straightforward songs like "Hügelgräberhöhen" or "Fangorns Erwahen", which a quite sorter and therefore, they are focused on being fast and aggressive. Although we can appreciate that the riffing is still remarkable, it varies from darker tones to more melodic ones with a respectable naturalness.

Grabunhold’s debut 'Heldentod' is clearly a quite sold first effort and shows an interesting evolution in the band’s core sound. The expected German black metal style is there but it has a quite distinctive touch and balance which makes this opus a quite interesting and enjoyable experience. Personally, I prefer the longer tracks as per their epic touch showing the variety the band is capable of. (Alain González Artola)

(Iron Bonehead Productions - 2021)
Score: 76

https://ironboneheadproductions.bandcamp.com/album/grabunhold-heldentod

Hulder - Godslastering: Hymns of a Forlorn Peasantry

#FOR FANS OF: Raw Atmospheric Black

Hulder is a solo-project founded only two years ago by the Belgian musician Marz Riesterer who is currently located in Oregon, USA. From its inception the project showed some potential, combining raw black metal with some medieval influences, not only conceptually but also with some small musicial touches. Anyway, Hulder couldn't be defined as a pure medieval black metal project, at least in its first stage. In these two years, the project has been quite active releasing several demos, singles and a EP, always with a very raw production and a potential yet to be fully delivered.

Twenty-twenty has been a remarkable year for Hulder that finally released the debut album entitled 'Godslastering: Hymns of a Forlorn Peasantry' with the respected underground label Iron Bonehead Productions. This debut opus marks a great step forward in terms of composition and production and it is exactly what I was expecting from this project as a logical and needed musical evolution. 'Godslastering: Hymns of a Forlorn Peasantry' doesn't differ so much from the previous works but it is undoubtedly a more mature work. First of all, the production has still its rawness, but it is clearly cleaner and more powerful. All the instruments are much more audible and the sound is perfectly balanced. The compositions have an appropriate equilibrium between clearness and agression. Musically speaking, the songs are clearly rooted in the black metal genre, both instrumentally and vocally. Marz’s shrieks sound pretty rasped and powerful and they fit the music perfectly well. Pace-wise, the songs are generally fast though they have a good dose of tempo-changes with a quite well composed guitar lines, which sound archetypal but never boring or dull. The album opener "Upon Frigid Winds" is a nice example of well-composed riffs and a relentless pace, although thankfully the rhythm varies enough to prevent the song to become boring. Moreover, it has a nice and short atmospheric interlude in the middle of the song which gives a nice medieval touch to the track. The aforementioned medieval vibe is here clearly stronger if we compare it with previous releases. This feeling is achieved thank to different arrangements, like some keyboard sections in several songs, for example, the already mentioned album oponer, or traks like "Lowland Famine", among others. Other arrangements come in the form of acoustic guitars, like in the more calmed track "De Dilje", which serves as a peaceful moment in the middle of a sonic storm. These arrangements enrich the album making it has a credible medieval vibe, but they never overshadow the absolutely loyal black metal sound. The achieved balance is excellent and the expected aggressivity is well accompanied by these atmospheric touches, which improve the final result. Another nice example is the excellent track "A Forlorn Peasant’s Hymn", with a surprising calm and beautiful first half, where Marz also shows us her heavenly voice. This ethereal start is suddenly broken by a furious change, giving wat to a second full black metal part, where she shows its strenght, it is indeed a well-done great contrast.

'Godslastering: Hymns of a Forlorn Peasantry' is undoubtedly a excellent step forward in Hulder’s career. It stays loyal to its core sound as it shows a necessary improvement in terms of production, compositions and a stronger medieval atmosphere. Absolutely recommendable for fans of the black metal genre. (Alain González Artola)

(Iron Bonehead Productions - 2020)
Score: 82

https://www.facebook.com/HulderUS/

Revolting - The Shadow at the World’s End

#FOR FANS OF: Swedish Death, early Entombed, Edge of Sanity

The Swedish metal scene is undoubtedly one of the most prolific ones in almost every subgenre of this music. Moreover, if we speak specifically about death metal, no one will deny that this Scandinavian country has given to us some iconic bands, both in classic death metal and also in the more trendy melo death, with some notorious examples that we all know. It was during the '90s, when some bands forged what was a particular form of death metal, being its influence in the scene undoubtedly huge. From that time and including some highs and downs in the popularity and level of inspiration of the scene, new bands appeared playing this iconic form of music, staying loyal to this particular sound. The Swedish trio Revolting is one of them. The band was formed in 2008 and has maintained a very stable line-up, being quite active as the band has released seven albums, including the new opus 'The Shadow at the World's End'.

As mentioned, Revolting plays death metal in its purest essence. There is no need to add more adjectives like melodic, brutal o technical. Revolting's formula is clear and honest, and it includes all the main and expected features of the genre, including profound growls, a pretty heavy and strong wall of guitars, and a consistent rhythmic base. The new album doesn't differ from this formula, so if you want some great surprises or novelties, you will feel disappointed. On the contrary, if you want some strong stuff with the aforementioned characteristics, 'The Shadow at the World’s End' will be an album that you will enjoy for sure. This work is iconic also in its artwork, with this mysterious and dark painting depicted in the cover album, which I consider excellent. Starting from the opening track "Defleshed", you will notice that the band´s sound is totally linked to the genre core aspects. Rogga’s vocals are excellent with super consistent growls, exactly what the genre requires. Both the guitars and rhythmic base have a powerful and clear sound and thanks to the good production, they are very distinguishable. The guitar work is excellent, being equally crushing and diverse when it is needed. I would like to mention that some short, yet melodic solos are also introduced, giving a melodic touch to the overall dense sound of the band. Pace-wise the band’ compositions flow between mid-tempo sections and some faster or slower sections, but never falling into ultra-speedy sections, so typical in the brutal death metal scene. The cadence here always calls for a good session of headbanging. The second track, "1888", is a good example of it, varying from slightly faster to mid-tempo sections and some slow and super heavy sections, where the band sounds particularly well. "Dragged Back to the Cellar" is maybe more representative of the general pace of the album, being generally faster, but with a slower final section which sounds great. Apart from it, as said, the album has a slightly faster pace but with a controlled speed, giving room to implement some great riffs, the expected crude aggression and lite melodic touches here and there.

In conclusion, 'The Shadow at the World’s End' is a pretty consistent album, it won´t break the scene but it is a good addition to the band’s career and will please any fanatic of old school death metal. (Alain González Artola)

(Transcending Obscurity Records - 2020)
Score: 76

https://revoltingdeath.bandcamp.com/album/the-shadow-at-the-worlds-end-death-metal

Sarcoptes - Plague Hymns

#FOR FANS OF: Black/Thrash

California-based duo Sarcoptes was one of the biggest surprises of 2016 with its impressive debut entitled 'Songs and Dances of Death'. This debut came after some years of existence where the project only released an EP called 'Thanatos'. It took a decade, but this duo was able of releasing a collection of songs with a remarkable quality. Personally, I have never been a great fan of thrash influenced by black metal, but this project combined both genres with an indisputable inspiration, creating songs which were a truly riff fest. Furthermore, they introduced some symphonic influences, which never overshadowed the metal side of the music but complementing it, giving an epic touch to its compositions. All these ingredients where the perfect match to release which was an acclaimed debut.

As it has happened earlier in its career, Sarcoptes has taken its time to compose new songs in order to take the necessary time to compose new songs with the highest standards of quality. The result of this work is a new EP, which should serve as a presentation of a very awaited sophomore album. 'Plague Hymns' is the name of the new beast and it comes with two new songs. Firstly, the production seems to have made a step forward in terms of strength in every single aspect, but more importantly with the drums, which sound more consistent in terms production. All the other aspects like vocals and riffs sound as powerful and clean as expected, but step forwarded as well in terms of quality and strength. In contrast to the debut, I would say that guitars and drums are slightly more prominent than the keys this time, but thankfully not shallowing them completely, something I had initially feared. I love more prominent atmospheric arrangements, but this balance is also objectively satisfying. Regarding the compositions, the fusion between black and thrash metal riffs is still there, being merged once again in a very tasteful and inspired way. The initial song "The Vertigo Soul" sounds as fast and brutal as the heaviest songs of the debut album, but it still maintains the richness in terms of pace variation and the range of riffs, which are more melodic or more extreme when it is needed. No one can deny that these two guys know how to compose extreme metal songs based on a top-notch guitar work and ferocious drums. Garret’s vocals are also excellent this time with his raspy tone fitting the music very well. On the other hand, Sean’s work with the keys and symphonic arrangements (as well as for the guitars) is excellent, with maybe a slightly bigger range of sounds and influences. This is good because this work to find a greater variety in the atmospheric arrangements is a key factor to improve the overall sound of the band. The second song, "La Moria Grandissima", follows the same basic patterns of the EP opener, but thanks to its longer length it has a greater room to introduce a more epic tone which sounds simply wonderful. Sarcoptes has indeed shown that it knows how to create long and epic songs yet keeping a great balance between fury and grandeur.

'Plague Hymns' is undoubtedly an excellent EP and maintains Sarcoptes as one of the most exciting new bands of the extreme scene. I can't wait to listen to their second album, because if they can, at least, maintain the same level of quality, it will be a masterpiece.  (Alain González Artola)

(Transcending Obscurity Records - 2020)
Score: 83

https://sarcoptesblack.bandcamp.com/album/plague-hymns-black-thrash-metal

Over the Voids… - Hadal

#FOR FANS OF: Black Metal

Poland for many years has been a truly respected scene with many talented musicians involved in the black metal genre, creating and developing projects both classical or innovative, but always with a distinctive sound. Some of those musicians are more focused on their main projects as others, like the musician known as the Fall, have been participating in several bands, though he decided to create a solo-project where he could forge a sound sorely based on his ideas. Over the Voids… was the name of this project created a few years ago, which caught the attention of the respected Swedish label Nordvis Produktion. The interesting homonymous debut album was the first stone of this project´s career, whose sound was firmly rooted in a devotion to the 90s black metal.

Three years later Over the Voids… has released its sophomore album 'Hadal', confirming the main characteristics found in the debut album but expanding a little bit its sound, though it keeps the core sound which always helps to maintain the personality of the project recognizable. The aforementioned devotion to the '90s black metal classic style is still there, though the production fits the current times. The first proper song of the album "One Commandment", is a fine example of it, stylistically the style is highly recognizable with those rasped vocals, yet with a slightly lower tone, which is quite classic in other bands of the Polish scene. Some melancholicesque vocals are also introduced as a tiny variation which is always welcome. The riffs have a distinguishable black metal sound with a little distortion, very typical in modern times. The guitars are obviously a strong point on this album with remarkably well-done work in the composition of the riffs. This is by no means an album with the typical songs with a lineal structure as variation in the guitar lines, sometimes more aggressive and other times slightly more melodic, are also accompanied by a rhythmic base where drums and bass create flowing structures in terms of intensity and pace. The fourth song "Witchfuck" is one of my favorites and one which shows clearly the explained variance of these songs. The more aggressive tone "Stone Vault Astronomers" doesn’t leave behind the already exposed features, combining straightforward sections with aggressive vocals and ferocious riffs, but at the same time introducing again those melancholic clean vocals which mark a clear contrast. This combination of elements is undoubtedly an interesting resource to create varied and exciting songs and marks which are maybe the key elements introduced in this second opus of Over the Voids... I wouldn't like to forget mentioning another impressive track, the one entitled "Prodigal King". This song has some of the best riffs of this album, quite melodic yet still aggressive, and introduces some echoing vocals which give a certain atmospheric touch to this song, making it one of the most varied of this sophomore album.

In conclusion, it is undoubtedly that Over the Voids… has made a step forward with 'Hadal', reaching a pretty inspired balance between straightforward aggression, a remarkable melodic facet, and some interesting new adds which enrich its compositions. This is a very good black metal album that may appeal to, both the lovers of the classic sound and the ones who want bands that renew the classic sound without reneging on it. (Alain González Artola)

(Nordvis Produktion - 2020)
Score: 82

https://overthevoids.bandcamp.com/album/hadal

Varde - Fedraminne

#FOR FANS OF: Black Folk

The Norwegian trio Varde was founded three years ago by musicians with, at least for two of them, a previous background in the metal scene, being especially linked to the black metal scene in Norway. I especially think to Nord, currently involved in the return of the excellent Russian band Tvangeste. In its short existence the band has been quite active releasing two singles, one promising EP and the recently debut album 'Fedraminne', which has been released by the always reliable label Nordvis Produktion.

Varde’s core sound is firmly rooted in the black metal genre, though the Norwegian folklore has a primordial influence both in its lyrics and the music itself. Moreover, the band has not fear to introduce some unusual influences which enrich its music. The debut album 'Fedraminne' is a mature evolution of those ideas, which have been represented in eight songs, with a quite interesting degree of variety. This remarkable diversity may surprise the unprepared listener in certain moments. Varde’s style has a raw nature in its heaviest moments, with some powerful riffs and a remarkable vocal performance with some vicious screams. Anyway, we will taste through the album a combination of influences and approaches, both in the vocal department with the introduction of different types of clean vocals and rhythmically with the introduction of different arrangements. The evocative opening track, "Kystbillede del I" is a nice first example of it, with an excellent mixture of delicate keys, great riffs and a different range of vocals. We can also find more straightforward tracks like "Halvdan Svarte" or the more extreme one "Forbundet", which show Varde’s rawest face, with a high dose of aggression in the later one. The more surprising homonymous song shows in contrast the most experimental side of Varde, where we can find acoustic guitars, saxophone leads and folk influenced clean vocals, which create a totally different composition. Surprises don´t end here as a song like "Skuld" could confuse us with its industrial and martial sound, bringing us back those industrial black metal influences. The track itself is a good piece, though I must admit it may sound a little bit out of place in comparison with the general tone and conceptual background of the album. The closer song, "Kystbillede del II", is a nice summary of the album, combining atmospheric touches, experimental details and a more blackish and aggressive second half. In this final section both influences converge lead by ferocious vocals and a faster pace, until the rhythm decreases and the initial experimental and quiet introduction returns, making this song a remarkable way of ending this debut album.

All in all, 'Fedraminne' is a good work with some truly interesting and even genuinely surprising moments, which make the listener be reasonably excited with every song that comes next. This is always good when the quality is high and in general terms, Varde has created a fine release, which should help them to receive some attention from the scene. (Alain González Artola)

(Nordvis Produktion - 2020)
Score: 76

https://vardeband.bandcamp.com/

Prometheus - Resonant Echoes from Cosmos of Old

#FOR FANS OF: Black/Death, Disembowelment

The amount of fine releases coming from the ancient lands of Greece in this tricky year has been one of the best surprises, if we can define as a surprise the high quality of releases coming from a scene, which is highly respected by fans of the black metal genre around the World. Regardless of the time of existence, both new and classic bands seem to have found a moment of inspiration to release tasteful albums in 2020. The Greek trio Prometheus, coming from central Macedonia, a place well-known in Europe´s history, does not want to be the exception and has released its sophomore album entitled ‘Resonant Echoes from Cosmos of Old’. Prometheus was founded some years ago and it took nearly a decade from its early demos to be finally able to release a first effort, entitled ‘Consumed in Flames’. Even though the quality of that album made the wait worthwhile. That was a defining moment from which the trio became more active, releasing three years later an EP and a new full album.

‘Resonant Echoes from Cosmos of Old’ is the name of the new beast, whose style is firmly rooted in the black metal genre. In contrast to other Greek acts, which have a greater melodic component, Prometheus delivers a truly crushing and sinister sound in this album, though its compositions don´t lack completely of a melodic touch. The initial part of the album contains truly heavy and dark tracks like "Astrophobos" or the impressive album opener "Gravitons Passing Through Yog-Sothoth". In these songs we can appreciate that sonically the riffs are deep, cavernous and truly shadowy. The style reminds me bands like the Portuguese The Ominous Circle, with this demolishing heaviness, which is maybe more common in the death metal genre. The pace follows the same patterns, with a combination of fast sections and super heavy slower parts, as said which are maybe more prominent in the death metal genre. Still, the genre can be tagged as black metal because of its atmosphere and also tough the vocals are as cavernous as the riffs are. When you think that ‘Resonant Echoes from Cosmos of Old’ is a furious and well-composed album, yet with a predictable development, the album changes in its second half, bringing some interesting surprises. The tastefully melodic end of the third track "Astrophobos" serves as little introduction of what we will find in this later section. The traditional structure of voice-guitars-drums, which have had the main role during the first part of this album is suddenly accompanied by some atmospheric keys in songs like the homonymous one and the excellent album closer "The Crimson Tower of the Headless God". Stylistically the compositions don´t change so much, as the vocals continue to be deep and aggressive and the riffs remarkably heavy. But Prometheus rightly adds a greater degree of melody in certain riffs of these songs and the aforementioned keys play a major role in order to give a new epic touch to these compositions. Suddenly, the album acquires new characteristics, while it evolves to its end making this effort surprising and fresh in its later stage. The epic final song of this album sums up the different angles of this album, combining the fast and slower parts, the monstrous riffs and a majestic atmospheric side, which enriches this song and makes it a glorious way to end this excellent album.

The talent that Prometheus shows in the later part makes me wonder how a full album with songs like "The Crimson Tower of the Headless God" could sound. Anyway, the contrasting two sides of this sophomore album make it a truly interesting work, because this unexpected evolution sounds refreshing and exciting. At any rate, both sides of this album have a high degree of quality and will please any fan of extreme metal. (Alain González Artola)

 

(I, Voidhanger Records - 2020)
Score: 83

https://i-voidhangerrecords.bandcamp.com/album/resonant-echoes-from-cosmos-of-old

Mystras - Castles Conquered and Reclaimed

#FOR FANS OF: Medieval Black

Two thousand twenty is being undoubtedly a brilliant year for the Greek metal scene, particularly in the black field, with excellent albums coming one after another. Sometimes these new works are opuses from veteran bands and other times they represent the first work of novel bands. In any case, quality and a good taste for melodies are always present, regardless of the degree of heaviness or rawness that each project delivers. Speaking about new projects, the Greek solo project Mystras has recently released its debut album. This project was founded only one year ago by Ayloss, a talented musician behind other interesting projects like Divine Element and especially Spectral Lore, a great atmospheric black metal band which I firmly recommend. Taking into account the previous projects, it is pretty clear that Ayloss has a huge number of ideas to develop in different directions. Mystras may have inherited some influences from other projects like the aforementioned Spectral Lore, its folkish melodies, or aggressiveness but focused on a totally new and different direction.

‘Castles Conquered and Reclaimed’ is the Mystras debut album and it supposes a tremendously personal and particular fusion of pure black metal aggression with a strong medieval vibe. The interesting aspects of this impressive debut are not only found in the music, but also in its conceptual side. In fact, the lyrics are based on the medieval times but this time they take from the oblivion of common folk instead of the traditionally arrogant and powerful kings and nobles. The album consistes of nine different tracks, being divided into the black metal ones and some folk interludes which bring to us the medieval traditional music and therefore, reinforcing the medieval atmosphere included. Although this is a solo project, Ayloss was helped by other talented musicians to provide an undoubtedly beautiful representation of Ars Nova repertoire. I sincerely think that this was a wise choice as the musician shows that he wants to achieve the best possible result for the album. Even though these tracks are really nice and enjoyable, I would focus on the metal tracks to make a final and fair evaluation of this debut. ‘Castles Conquered and Reclaimed’ has a truly raw production, which may alienate fans of metal who prefer a cleaner production, but it will rejoice those who consider that black metal achieves a greater result when the production is filthy because it creates a more unique and stronger atmosphere. Nevertheless, this raw production never surpasses a limit where guitars could be unintelligible. Fortunately, composition-wise this album has certain strong points that can still be enjoyed, through the crude sound. Five are the compositions inside the realms of black metal. All of them are highly enjoyable and with a truly epic atmosphere. The songs are usually fast, though sometimes they slow the pace in order to add some variety. The guitars are powerful presenting a distorted sound, though some great melodies are introduced, making the songs more interesting. Vocals are also a strong point here, with the expected high-pitched screams, accompanied in several songs by epic choirs, so impressively solemn that reinforce the sense of epicity and majesty. In the background, we find some key arrangements which play ai important role in increasing the stateliness of these compositions. The album opening track is a nice example of this mix of influences and resources. The guitars are rude but also melodic, showing a remarkably interesting sound, that even being brutal in its execution has a great room for melody and atmosphere. Subsequent tracks like "The Murder of Wat Tyler" and "Storm the Walls of Mystras" raise the bar of majesty with a long duration, and where melodic influences, a strong epic atmosphere and relentless fury are wisely fused. The medieval vibe is obviously present in all the tracks, though I must highlight songs like "The Zealots of Thessaloniki" and the aforementioned "The Murder of Wat Tyler" as fine examples of this influence. The previously mentioned folk and ambient songs serve as a bridge between the stormy track and reinforce this sense of a mystical journey through medieval realms.

‘Castles Conquered and Reclaimed’ is indeed an impressive debut that any fan of black metal should check out and enjoy. Fury, melody and atmosphere are the quintessential elements of the black metal genre and this album contains a great dose of all of them. (Alain González Artola)

(I, Voidhanger - 2020)
Score: 88

https://i-voidhangerrecords.bandcamp.com/album/castles-conquered-and-reclaimed

Eave - Phantoms Made Permanent

#FOR FANS OF: Atmospheric Black Metal

Founded only four years ago, the Portland based band Eave is a project consisting of four members, with not known previous experience in the extreme metal scene. Nevertheless, the band was able to release a solid debut entitled ‘Purge’, which received positive reviews, although it was discovered be only for a few fans. Anyway, with this decent debut, plus a reasonably quite active career, having been released a split and a previous EP, the guys caught the attention of the respected American label Bindrune Recordings, which usually has quite interesting bands on its roster.

Reinforced by this new deal, Eave has recently released its sophomore effort called ‘Phantoms Made Permanent’. This albums follows the trend of combining a depressive oriented black metal with some post metal influences, in a way that we have seen previously with other bands, not a few of them also coming from USA, where it seems that this kind of mixture has some success in the underground scene. With regards to the production, the album has quite raw sound, trying to avoid those ultra-clean productions that some post influenced albums have nowadays. The band tries to remain inside what it can be considered a rough sound, which plays a key role for the band members, when they want to create a hypnotic atmosphere. The vocals are the expected shrieks, classically mixed in order to make they sound like a distant echo, a very typical characteristic in the black metal scene. The pace varies between slow and fasters parts in a very natural way, making the songs quite diverse in this aspect. The structures have a clear contrast between the typically black metal sections and the post influences parts, which usually come in the form of more acoustic oriented compositions, like acoustic guitars or electric ones with a more tranquil tone, with the typical hypnotic chords that are very common in the post black metal genre. The album opener "A Godless Frame" is a clear example of this, with these variations in the pace and intensity, as the track navigates from the straight forward black metal sections with furious screams, fast drums and tremolo guitars, to acoustic sections with some calmer guitars and a very slow pace. Another fine example is "Mana Descending", with an atmospheric intro made by those strongly post-metal influenced guitars, which is abruptly broken by an aggressive black metal section. The calmest sections have the aforementioned post metal influence with a somber and more melancholic feeling, though it doesn´t reach that desperate tone of the pure depressive black metal bands. The ferocity, like the mournful parts, are combined in a very moderate dose, not reaching the strength a typical black metal nor the pure depression of the DSBM bands but creating a gloomy atmosphere which fits the music.

All in all, ‘Phantoms Made Permanent’ is a solid effort by Eave, which will please the fans of this genre, though it doesn´t reach the level of a superb album, which could make them lead the scene. This is, anyway, a good step forward and the band should continue working in the pursuit of excellence. (Alain González Artola)

(Bindrune Recordings - 2020)
Score: 70

https://bindrunerecordings.bandcamp.com/album/phantoms-made-permanent

Verikyyneleet - Ilman Kuolemaa

#FOR FANS OF: Black Old School

Verikyyneleet is a Finnish obscure project, which was founded in the '90s. As it often happens in the black metal underground, some projects decide to remain in the shadows, only releasing demos or extremely rare and limited EPs, which usually go unnoticed unless you are an expert carving the deeps of this genre. Verikyyneleet, which means "Bloodtears" is a one-man project that finally decided to take a step forward, recording an embryonal version of ‘Ilman Kuolema’, the debut album, six years ago. This obscure album saw the light in 2019, but it has officially been released in an extended version this year, including more songs which have been composed during the last twenty years.

Considering this aspect and when the project was founded, it shouldn´t be surprising that Verikyyneleet´s core sound is firmly rooted in the '90s pure black metal. Musically speaking, this is not a straightforward furious black metal record, though it contains a good dose of it, but a primitive soundtrack, where fury and a dark melancholic atmosphere are fused to create a quite hypnotic album. As mentioned, the compositions mix the natural aggressiveness of the genre with a strong atmospheric essence, as it is perfectly displayed in the homonymous track, which opens the album after a short intro. The speedy drums, raspy and distant vocals and pure black metal-esque guitars are excellently mixed with some keys and ambience arrangements, which balance the composition in order to achieve this primordial atmosphere of the old classics of this genre. Another fine example of this mixture, would be the longest track of this album, entitled "Ei Todellista Voimaa…", which includes the aforementioned characteristics, and in addition, a good dose of slow sections with a strong feeling of despair. Moreover, this track and the others incuded on this album, show a noticeable point of distortion and dissonance, which are the most experimental aspects of a theoretically classic album. These dissonant tones are especially present in the guitars in contrast to atmospheric arrangements. Personally, I am not a great fan of these experiments and I prefer the ambience sections made by the keys, which result more captivating. The vocals are the classic shrieks, quite high-pitched and with a truly raw nature. They are present in almost all the songs, though there is a little room for variation, with cleaner and dramatic vocals in a song like "Yhtä Luonnon Kanssa". The production is remarkably raw and primitive. The vocals sound distant though listenable, the guitars have a good amount of distortion and sound filthy, while the drums sound a little buried in the mix. This production is done on purpose and helps to reinforce the primeval atmosphere of this record, which could have been recorded in 1998 and you wouldn´t notice the difference.

All in all, ‘Ilman Kuolemaa’ is an interesting album of '90s black metal which will appeal the fans who miss those old times. Composition wise, the album has a good balance between fierceness and atmosphere, which makes it interesting. (Alain González Artola)

(I, Voidhanger Records - 2020)
Score: 68

https://i-voidhangerrecords.bandcamp.com/album/ilman-kuolemaa