Connecticut black metal. This is good shit. Clean production that doesn't take away from music, which reminds me of that great period in time when Enslaved wasn't a viking metal band, but they weren't pink floyd yet either, mixed with Krieg's later LPs. Do yourselves a favor and buy the shit out of the limited 12" they put out of this. Only 137 were pressed. So if you are a vinyl fan like me, go for it.
Newest EP from these masters of punk influenced BM. You know what you are gonna get when you listen to em.
Fantastic "North Appalachian Heathen Black Folk Metal" (in their own words). At times the closest you can come to describing their sound is elements of Ulver and Agalloch, but this is not to say that they sound exactly like those bands. Their 2008 album was one of the best of last year.
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Nothing needs to be said about these, fucking essential!!!
A darkness unearthed from native soil. "Murw", in Dutch, is the state of mind reached through breaking one's will by violent or insidious means. It is the slavish, panicked compliance of the battered, degraded whore, or the dull receptivity to mental manipulation of the religious cultist. A more suitable name for a band as doomy and sinister as this can not be found. Underlying the "necro" aesthetics is an adventurous heart that strains to make itself known; personally I think it should strain a little harder. There are a lot of great, rather progressive songwriting ideas that come out well, and a few others that are held back by the music's detached nature. Despite this, minor flaw as it is, it's an intriguing first full-length. It's somewhat melodic, gets its atmosphere across with credibility and no two tracks are alike. Excellent stuff, and yes, probably the best Dutch black metal album that I have heard up until now.
