the magus
shrouded in the mist
reversed and enchanted
surrounded
on all sides
hellish creatures emerge
clawing
grasping
merciless
devourers
horror indescribable
a limitless aether
from the cave of leviathan
the elder ones call
illusion and reality
failing sanity's grasp
entering the magic circle
the test begins
DANTALION
appears
behold his faces
his 36 legions
the vision revealed
THE HIGH PREISTESS
guardian of the gate
she beckons
she calls
the thoughts
the will
the light grows dim
the mist descends
sands in the hourglass
falling
and its coming
it approaches
drawing nearer
becoming clearer
Powerful, plaintive expression of the fathomless sorrow of our suffering cetaceans and their depthless home, together with the indescribable loveliness of their distant blue-black realm. I feel as much interstellar space here as I do deep ocean, equally crushing and buoying. Dave Aftandilian
Comme Satan Worshipping Doom et Miserable, Terminal est un album qui vraiment toute son ampleur quand il est écouté d'une traite car il s'agit d'une lente agonie qui s'étend sur presque trois-quarts d'heure. Les sonorités psychédéliques propres à Bongripper sont absentes et le stoner/doom metal du quartette tend plutôt vers une sphère atmosphérique (certains arpèges de "Slow" ne sont pas éloignés de celles de Earth) voire funéraire et la mort finit par s'imposer comme la seule évidence possible. Jordan Vauvert
Joseph Hawker subverts the musical and sociopolitical status quo with a black metal triptych that's as incendiary as it is impressionistic. Bandcamp New & Notable Jan 5, 2022
Oakland, CA quartet LYCUS return with a new album on Relapse Records. Heavy, epic, mournful, and replete with art by Paolo Girardi. Bandcamp New & Notable Jan 5, 2016
[...]This German band prefers to keep the music simple and bereft of diversions. In a way the presentation is rather formulaic and falls back on the basic elements and aspects of the genre. A slow progression of the chords, vocals as well as drums that work as a counterpoint and are performed in sync with the guitars. The sound is massive and at times like a wall of noise[...]
2023 review
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