Judge of judgments…
Decider of decisions…
Your own truth will grow in wisdom.
Precipitous, winding, your breath fills again the abyss.
Vanquisher, vigorous you know the thoughts
of those who are trying to steal from you
the secret wisdom …and now
they are begging you
for your dispensation.
From the depth of the Abyss into
the highest peak of chaos,
I seek the lands to escape
Combatant’s hands created me.
Arcane spirit, I invoke you,
from your darkly-splendid cave…
From your faithless depth, rise up.
Observer of my shadow…
And speak to me beyond lifeless words
You never thought
and taste the blood that falls
Swirling guitars, furious drums, vocals that at the same time howl from infinite distance and are right up in your head; everything put into dissonant form with the help of unconventional songwriting. This album is my personal key to the icelanding black metal madness that I've ignored for way too long! Lukas Kaufmann
Melodic, almost pagan black metal out of Iceland with some of the most aggressive vocals I've heard in the genre. It's balls to the walls from the first note with few respites, but its melodic enough to not overstay its welcome. Jeff Wilson
It's a fierce black metal record that has this really cool melodic parts that they seem to have singled out so it shines like a forest fire. Cool record althroughout and has been a favourite of mine eversince.
Get on it. Warangelic
The consistently excellent NYC death-doom dealers dole out another heaping helping of demonic growls and nasty riffs. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 7, 2024