Listening to Lethargies 2020 demo and I'm much impressed. A pitch black whirlwind of brewing chaos, sickening atmosphere, dissonant riffs and Leviathan-esque vocals. A good bit slower and more doom-styled drumming than it [Leviathan], but a good comparison can also be made with Blut Aus Nord, although being more straight-forward and sans boring, spun-out progressive parts. This is my jam, looking forward what the future brings us!
Impressed I say.
Friend of mine recommended me Paysage d'Hiver and listening to their 2020 album now and it ticks almost all my boxes; super sloppy production, ultra raspy vocals likely recorded through a headphone, fast drumming & hazy riffs, almost perfect.....but then he adds these ultra cheese keyboard & cello melodies in between and I don't know if he is just fucking with us or really likes his cheese, because fuck, it really throws me off and I have zero need to listen to his Tolkien fantasy melody bullshit. And it's not like these are good melodies either. Too much inspired by '90s style Diablo games I guess.
Last listen of tonight is Une Balle Dans Le Pied from Troanne. I'm not even sure if we are still able to call this black metal but fuck, it's just so frightening bleak and dissonant, it's one of those few metal pieces you shouldn't listen if you are too down or intoxicated. It's just a pitch black hole of negativity and chaos. Not sure if it tops any of Derrière Nous, La Lumière, but I doubt that record will ever be topped and this surely stand on it's own as being very good. There is a bit more breathing room between the heavy dissonant parts than previous works, but then it immediately puts you down in that place of misery again. I guess for some it will be a bit too produced, but I think it's one of the best things of the last few years coming out of BM (although I'm not as up-to-date as I used to be). Total fucking negativity.
