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River Black is in essence a continuation of Burnt By The Sun.
River Black is in essence a continuation of Burnt By The Sun.
With a band moniker that unashamedly references Bram’s Stoker’s gothic vampire novel ‘Dracula’, it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out which genre the band adheres to.
Thematically doom metal usually deals with feelings of misery , solitude and desolateness.
You might have already caught wind of Glerakur from the ‘Can’t You wait’ EP last year or its magical performance last year’s Prophecyfest at the Balver Hölle. on is a musical project masterminded by Icelandic composer and sound designer Elvar Geir Sævarsson.
Neun Welten, which is German for the nine worlds of Norse mythology was originally conceived a folk collective on their first two records.
In a bygone era around the turn of the century Ulf Theodor Schwadorf led Empyrium from its initial forest roots to an even more melancholic path that pretty much stripped it bare of any metallic alloys.
The album starts off really calm, weirdly enough for a song called ‘Endless Rage’. Then the tension kicks in. You know it’s coming, only you don’t know when.