Release date: 1/20/2023
Origin: Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany
Personnel: Horaz-vox/guitar/keyboards, Vespasian-drums/guitars/bass/keyboards
You’re going to want to pour yourself a drink and settle into an easy chair with this one. Preferably, you should listen to it on a drizzly or overcast day with a nice chill in the air. Probably get a fire going in the fireplace. Because this is an atmospheric black metal album that is both parts bleak and beautiful at the same time. These guys have made a prior year end list and, in my opinion, are crafting some of the best black metal going these days. Maybe its because they are from right next to the Black Forest in Germany, but the atmosphere on this one is just thick and dark. Great guitar sound and an intense layering of sounds on this one.
4 flip flops out of 5
The list so far:
18. Imperium Dekadenz-Into Sorrow Evermore
19. Royal Thunder-Rebuilding the Mountain
20. Katatonia-Sky Void of Stars
DISPATCHES FROM THE VOID 