Secrets of the Moon – Sun (2015)

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As one of the most unique and compelling bands in the scene, Secrets of the Moon returns to further evolve their musical craft with “Sun”. Further moving away from their Doomy Black Metal days, the band manages to spill into Dark Metal territories with seven sinister tracks. The band’s signature atmosphere and tension is always present, but the mood shift is quite evident as the deliver song after song of magical musical darkness.

Opening with the more ‘typical’ “No More Colours”, the band continues their older style with very dense distorted guitars and a very aggressive vocals/drumming combination. However, there is an evident change in their sound as this track feels darker and more sinister than normal. sG’s clean vocals are remind us of a mixture of Decoryah’s Jukka Vuorinen and Killing Joke’s Jaz Coleman, allowing tracks like “Dirty Black” to works perfectly with a less distorted and aggressive stance.

Disarming performances like on the mellow “Man Behind the Sun” and the lush “Hole”, showcase the band’s perfect transformation and fully engulf the listener in the band’s new aural onslaughts. Our personal favorite track in this release is the melodic “Here Lies the Sun” and it’s very interesting vocal melodies. The riffing is general a bit lighter than on the band’s previous releases, but it fits the music perfectly and creates the same amount of tension it did in the past thanks to well-designed repetition.

Bringing back some more familiar influences and layering them with the new stuff, “Mark of Cain” perfectly consolidates the band’s past with this different and exciting path they are taking. Always evolving and delivering extremely high quality albums, Secrets of the Moon has managed to release yet another amazing release. If you like music that creates very sinister and dense atmospheres and does not stick to a certain cliché or genre, look no further and get “Sun”.

Band: Secrets of the Moon Album: Sun

Label: Lupus Loungue

Release: December 4th, 2015

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Genre: Dark Metal

Country: Germany

Rating: 92/100
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