I came to this album very late in the year, I had somehow missed that
it was released back in February and just discovered it this past
month. I had heard their previous album but wasn’t enamored with it,
so perhaps that’s why I slept on it. However with For the Glory of
Your Redeemer they have certainly redeemed themselves in my eyes,
This is some of the sharpest dissonant black metal I’ve heard this
year, gone is the overly murky sound of the debut and here we have
sharp sounds, well composed songs and a bleak and miserable black
metal that is just hitting all the right notes. The vocals are
cavernous and right up front without being overbearing. If I was to
find one quibble it would be that the last song is a bit on the long
side and feels just a bit less polished and tight, but on an album as
good as this that is very minor. Right now if you ask me my biggest
regret of 2021 is that I didn’t have this album earlier.
Misotheist
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