A few weeks ago RockmusicRaider covered Parodos, a New Age Black Metal outfit from Italy. Their unusual offering to the Dark Lord was already way off the beaten path as Black Metal goes. This is pretty good, they said. And it might not get much better, they said. Yet, they were wrong, so wrong.
Because for today’s dose of daily metal, I will propose a juicy mix between the earlier concoctions of Myrkur and a mad-scientist version of the German Todtgelichter. The Latvian outfit Eschatos and their newest EP Maere will fit that description. And indeed they boast a style much more experimental than their Italian brethren ever demonstrated so far. The band’s approach is not only Post or New Age Black Metal. They throw all sorts of flavors into their toxic potion. From Folk Metal to Pagan, Industrial over Death to Atmospheric Metal. This decidedly short blurb sports some disturbingly tight ice-cold metal. Of an exquisite intensity that few know how to create.
But first and foremost, the EP conveys an atmosphere of desolation and despair. Exactly the way a good Maere is supposed to act riding your chest at night. So, if you are into Extreme Metal, I guarantee that this spicy jambalaya of soundbites will make you go for more. [...]
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 of the Earth. Equally if the main actor goes by the name of ‘The Entity’. By Loki! 
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