To quote myself from three years ago This (Conscious Darkness) is a
well put together album often at the edge of blackmetal, seeing what
comes next will be interesting. Well now we know and the answer is
that if Conscious Darkness was on the edge of blackmetal The
Harrowing of Hearts has taken the plunge and left most of blackmetal
quite a bit in the past. The album swaggers heavily on goth rock but
mixes in the required blackmetal tropes, there is tremolo picking and
blastbeats galore, but intertwined with just blackend rock. Now
normally this would mean my interest would be limited at best, but
here’s the rub, there is just enough remnants of blackmetal left
that this album is not just interesting but quite enjoyable. So in
some sense this leaves us where we were before, Blaze of Perdition has
released an interesting album, not necessarily a groundbreaking or
great one, but whatever comes next it will undoubtedly be worth
checking out.
Blaze of Perdition
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