Quel que soit le genre abordé, Saman Nu ne se contente jamais d'une seule couleur. Il utilise les mêmes pinceaux sur Silent Path que sur Ekove Efrits avec une pallette beaucoup moins flamboyante, toute en nuances de noirs. Si Mourner Portraits respecte avec talent les codes du black metal dépressif (avec guitares répétitives lancinantes et tempo lent), ce sont les atmosphères qui sont encore une fois le vrai point fort, véhiculant désespoir total voire pures visions d'horreurs liées à la guerre. Jordan Vauvert
Wow this album has been in my collection for a while and Im just getting around to giving it a proper listen. This is really good, can’t believe that I passed over this for so long. Bret
After listening to Ysyry Mollvün, listening to Downfall of Nur was urgent and turned out to be one of the best decisions I have made in quite some time: Umbras de Barbagia is simply magisterial; the atmosphere can hardly be compared to anything else. There is a deep, palpable connection to nature imbueing each very fibre of this record. The amalgamation of black metal and folk elements is done with a high intuition for detail and class, resulting in a highly immersive experience. Wonderful. David Fischer
Another scorcher from the phenomenal one-man black metal outfit STARER, with mind-flaying riffs and eerie tremolo-picked melodies. Bandcamp New & Notable Jul 31, 2023
Crushing blackened doom from this German band that counterbalances blinding fury with moments of surprising, melancholy melody. Bandcamp New & Notable Jul 8, 2023
Officially got too impatient for their new album Seventh Secular Crusade to be available here on bandcamp so hoping this album plus the couple new albums (to me) I recently bought will keep distracted enough until I can buy that too.
Swedish Melodic Black Metal just has that sound. Glad my Dissection and Sacramentum albums finally have some company. ChaosFury