Black metal selection .6

PETRYCHOR - Dryad - 2010
www.myspace.com/petrychor


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"Recorded during the rains and late nights of January 2010" in California, USA. This is an ambient/atmospheric black metal one-man project. When BM cross the road with acoustic/folk ambiances.
A great debut!
Much recommended!

"Excerpted from the band's page linked above, "This is music for meditation, for frustration and anger, for beauty, and above all for communication." Truer words haven't been spoken, and these are exactly the emotions and thoughts evoked while immersing myself within this eclectic masterpiece. "T", as s/he calls him/herself isn't afraid of conforming to any boundaries, and incorporates anything and everything into this luscious, flowing music. Ambient interludes saturate Dryad, and out of nowhere, full-out, undulating black metal erupts from the calm, strengthening its way through your body and mind, permeating your existence! Keyboards are tastefully employed here and there, as well as magnificently displaying other styles and influences from all over the spectrum... coming together to form... bliss... beauty... grace."
http://lycanthropic-angst.blogspot.com



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LITURGY - Renihilation - 2009
www.myspace.com/liturgynybm


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US Black metal band hailing from New York.
This is their first full-lenght.
They call it "Transcendental Black Metal".
This is not your usual BM album. It makes me think of Wolves in the Throne Room at some moments.
Raw, Epic, Progressive.
Highly recommended!

"Starting softly with a short untitled track, Liturgy lured me into a false sense of security and as such the shattering whirlwind of Pagan Dawn hit doubly hard. Hunter Hunt-Hendrix’s vocals are a pained howl, incoherent screams that sound more like the snarls of beast being devoured than anything. The drummer gives the music a more visceral edge, Greg Fox hits the skins like a force of nature. This orientates the music towards the more traditional ground of black metal but Hendrix’s off-kilter approach to the genre prevents Liturgy from becoming another forgettable addition to the genre’s ranks. It is a bit of critical stereotype for me to compare the sound of the band to a winter wind but Liturgy do manage to make the temperature drop. The twin guitars are like the bracing gusts of frigid air that whip through the northern fringes of civilisation. The grinding drums going from a funereal pulse to a frenzied blast beat drive the music into the back of my skull. While Wolves in the Throne Room would be the closest point of reference for Liturgy, in this case the wolves found on Renihilation are feral and hungry. Liturgy are on to something special here, reinvigorating a sound that has been abused and gentrified over the last decade into something resembling its former glory."
http://brainwashed.com