Dodecahedron – Kwintessens (2017) – Review

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Something creates dark, foreboding atmospheres. Cold, empty spaces filled with noisy dissonance to chill your soul with frozen hydrogen.

And no doubt you need this type of a wall of sound if a record takes off with something called The Culling of the Unwanted from the Earth.1 Equally, if the main actor goes by the name of ‘The Entity’.

Dark and grey, a landscape of bleak winds that howl hauntingly through the low-lying mists. The mists that just about hide the sharp-toothed monsters within. Well, hells bells, that’s quite a piece of work, now ain’t it? In truth, … [...] Click to raid more!

Newsflash – Dismal Grandeur of Vanad Varjud!

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Talk about a style that will stick to you like water at 40°C below zero. A tune made for the bleaker moments in your metal life. Or for times, when you are not afraid. Best consumed in deep winter, when the wolves howl about the icy tundra of Estonia. 

Vanad Varjud‘s newest concoction Dismal Grandeur In Nocturnal Aura is, whilst not very long, still a very sturdy stew of all things wild and darkly metal.

The band’s very strange and icy cold mix of Doom Black Metal combined with a large offering of depressive elements will stick that gloomy atmosphere onto your mortally afraid soul. If you might want [...] Click to raid more!