cold winds howl
shear and jagged cliffs
formed in ancient black aeons
impossible to behold
the peak gazes down
with mocking grin
the tyrant EMPEROR
hurling storms of BAEL
climb for your life
cling to the memory
frozen tears
upon your face
lost and hopeless
in the icy haze
the stone
cries out in hate
the serpent is rising
drained
of STRENGTH
the mountain wall
calling
on VINE
tearing at the rock
desparation
a failing grip
at mountaintop
writhing tendrils
reaching down
from stars above
an untold horror
unspeakable ascent
up the treacherous path
the old ones feast
your mind torn asunder
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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