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No sooner am I back from one journey, am I to be sent on another. As I return to my humble abode I push hard against the door and move the mountain of cascading demos that have fallen through my mail slot. As I’m greeted by my hounds pulling and clawing at my robes, I quickly usher them to calm and deal with their ferocious appetites.
Usually, when receiving a review from Death Prayer nine times out of ten I find myself drifting from one country to another. However, today is different. Today I’m here to review another UK Black Metal act. One that adds another feather to our cap of first-rate British Black Metal bands. Birthed in 2019 Wynter Myst have been on an upward climb releasing four singles one E.P. and one full-length titled Frore which translates as frozen. Which in itself is a huge achievement due to how many acts Steve Blackwood is attached to. Being part of Annwn, Arcane North, Blood Countess, Cave Dweller, Old Corpse Road and Peasant to name just a few. It’s a wonder he’s not already exhausted. This is certainly not the case.
Three years after the release of “The Burning Spears of Crimson Agony” the once mysterious Lamp of Murmuur manifest into something far wide reaching with a new logo and direction of artwork with latest release Saturnian Bloodstorm
London’s Deitus return to the fold under the candlelight banner with new album Irreversible scheduled for a July release, the band unveil first single – A Scar for Serenity.
Its important that a first single makes an impact and well, this certainly ticks the boxes as immediately there is clear more relentless direction to this that 2018’sVia Dolorosa showed splashes of and shows that the five years in between have bought forth a heavier darker side which has me intrigued to hear the finished article.
If Irreversible isn’t on your radar right now from this track alone it will only be a matter of time before it is.
Massachusetts’s Frosk unveil a collection of sombre tales from restless nights with newest release Stone Prison.
Hailing from Minsk, the five essences that form Ciemra satisfy the hunger of darkness with their debut album The Tread of Darkness.
Lone Irish black/death creator Scáth na Déithe returns with third album Virulent Providence
Constructed of two tracks – coming in at just over 40 minutes the album explores the countless manifestations of collective suffering which have been passed down in folk memory since the Great Hunger of the 1840s and explores these horrific and harrowing representations of torment, the spectral figures now eternal keepers of the true trauma and anguish of a people long gone.
Musically the album has sweeping atmosphere, surging darkness which weave well into the black metal elements that are rife throughout and the visceral nature of the vocals add to emotion of the albums subject matter, so much so that after purchasing the album, I too purchased the book The Great Hunger by Cecil Woodham-Smith.
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1.) Repulsive Papal Corpse.
2.) l’Aphrodisiaque Macabre.
3.) Le Vol Des Sorciéres.
4.) Aqua Tofana.
