September 2024

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Winterfylleth - The Imperious Horizon (2024)

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Over the years the Atmospheric Black Metal scene has exploded and many bands have crowded it, however, Winterfylleth has always been at the top thanks to their creativity and ability to greatly improve with each release. With “The Imperious Horizon”, the band takes their sound to a whole new level with over 70 minutes of bombastic music that perfectly balances aggression and melancholy.

Setting an enigmatic and lush mood with the instrumental opener, the blasts away with the piercing “Like Brimming Fire”, a track filled with crushing drums and savage riffs, giving us a certain Der Weg einer Freiheit vibe. After the furious opener, “DishonourEnthroned” keeps the intensity but carves some masterful melodic elements into the mix, creating a very enveloping sound, with Chris Naughton harsh vocals brilliantly adding to the turmoil. With no sign of slowing down, “Upon this Shore” and the album title track perfectly deliver a delicate balance between ravaging brutality and melancholy, with some epic headbanging passages and dramatic keyboards/clean vocals.

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Glare of the Sun - Tal (2024)

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Unleashing a hefty dosage of Doom/Post-Metal brilliance, today we have Austrian outfit Glare of the Sun with their latest release “Tal”. Featuring a very well balanced sound that mixes elements of bands like Swallow The Sun and The Ocean, this release delivers nine tracks and nearly one hour of highly emotive and yet crushing music. Highly recommended for fans of bleakness with a dose of heaviness, the music here is both emotive and crushing.

Opening with the Swallow the Sun-esque “Colossus”, the band unleashes powerful riffs and thunderous harsh vocals. This first track showcases a Doomier side of the band that slowly gets transitioned as other songs like “Rain”, “Äon”, and “Relikt” introduce more layers to the band’s sound like excellent clean vocals, and highly melancholic (and slower) interludes. The mixture of atmospheric elements alongside piercing riffs keeps tracks like “Stonefall” quite balanced and diverse, avoiding falling into formulaic territories.

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Tour d'Ivoire - Tour d'Ivoire (2024)

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Creating a very hypnotic and dream-like atmosphere, today we have Atmospheric Black Metal outfit Tour d'Ivoire with their eponymous debut release. With four tracks and over 33 minutes of music, the band’s sound reminds us of one of our favorite bands: Enid. With a good dose of synths, multiple vocal styles, heavy guitars, and a very mellow tempo, this release creates a very dense and immersive vibe that only a handful of more experienced outfits can deliver.

Setting a very mystical mood with “La Tour”, we get a taste of lush atmospherics paired with a river of distorted guitars and harsh vocals. This harshness is masterfully contrasted by ethereal clean vocal choirs, creating a very dissonant and yet pleasing effect. With “Brouillard” and “Forteresse de Marbre” this outfit fully immerses the listener into their world with more waves of catchy and melancholic melodies that continue to showcase the band’s duality.

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Vestige - Janis (2024)

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Just when you think you have heard it all, a band like Vestige drops a release like “Janis”. Creating a very unique amalgamation of Post-Metal, Shoegaze, Alternative Metal and a hefty dose of melancholy, this release delivers nearly one hour of captivating music. With influences from bands like Alcest, SOM, Mountaineer, Cult of Luna, Deafheaven, just to name a few, this release is full of emotional swings and dreamy interludes that will captivate any fan of unique and atmospheric music.

Setting a playful and engaging mood, “Différent” nicely leads into the dream-like opener of “Deviens la Nuit”, which quickly brings crushing riffs alongside dreamy vocals giving that Mountaineer meets Cult of Luna vibe as the harsh vocals come in. A good dosage of Alcest-like shoegaziness comes front and center with “Démence de l' me” and “Océan”, further cementing a very ethereal atmosphere alongside dramatic tempo changes.

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