THE ETERNAL CONFLICTS WITH MYSELF I BEAR, SINCE
DECADES A PERPETUAL, INELUCTABLE DECAY. I FEEL OLD;
FORLORNNESS BECAME MERELY AN IMPULSE. ANGST IS THE
ONLY THING THAT KEEPS ME GOING ON, THOUGH, I HAVE
LITTLE HOPE LEFT FOR THINGS TO CHANGE. THE ONLY
REASON I STILL LIVE IS BECAUSE I AM TOO AFRAID TO DIE.
WHAT EMPATHY WAS I FORGOT YEARS AGO. LOOKING BACK,
IT FEELS LIKE THE SEDUCTION OF BLINDNESS. PLEASE
UNDERSTAND, THAT I CAN’T TRUST IN THE HAND I TRIED TO
PULL OUT OF FURIOUS LOATHING ANYMORE, WHEN IT NOW
STRIKES DOWN ON ME. NO, YOU CAN’T ARGUE THAT THEY
ARE SEDUCED BY THEIR LEADERS, THEY ARE WHAT MAKES
THEM SOME.
BEING WELCOMED BY A MOB CARRYING TORCHES ISN’T
EXACTLY WHAT I HOPED FOR. FEELING THE RAIN PATTERING
ON MY FACE, AGAIN I KNOW THAT THERE IS NO ESCAPE FROM
OPAQUE DESPOTISM. I WEIGHTLESSLY FLOAT THROUGH THE
MESSY ENTRANCE OF WHAT THEY CHOSE TO BE MY NEW
HOME. I HAVE THE URGENT FEELING I WON‘T LEAVE THIS
PLACE ANYMORE.
NO, I DON’T TRUST IN HUMANITY.
Blinding, cinematic black metal with rich layers of synth make for an album sweeping in scope and punishing on impact. Bandcamp New & Notable Dec 5, 2016
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