Solar Cross (US) - To the Ever Gleaming Pinnacle of Timeless Mastery (Album 2022)
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- Опубліковано 28 кві 2024
- Debut album from this recent, mysterious American entity, playing Atavistic Black Metal arts, deeply rooted in the ways and traditions of the 90s central Europe.
Solely led by The Great Stone Face and recorded between 2019 and 2020, this record is dedicated to Ryan Frazier and the eternal Simón Santana, who contributed for this project with the logo, additional production, and guidance. This album was originally planned to be released in Lam's own label, Unseen Forest Patriot.
Absolutely riveting and mystical piece of Black Metal fury, Solar Cross delivers unbridled, ancient spiritual war in the veins of the 90s greats such as the occult traditions of the Temple of the Fullmoon acts, and Teutonic hordes like Moonblood, Grabgesang and the likes.
Bookended by two tracks of old school Dungeon Synth mysticism, we are then disgraced by over half an hour of mostly mid-paced, Black Metal, with raw and suffocating atmosphere as Black Metal should be kept. The guitarwork poisons the air with blood-freezing melodicism and hypnotic pagan leads, perfectly matched by the barbarous pummel of the drums of war. With excellent songwriting, resorting to the ever eternal art of crescendos towards an ever more utopic and heathen march towards victory, Solar Cross proves to be worthy of carving the throat of the modern scene once again with these ancient unwritten rules.
Definitely a contender for album of the year. One that shall please those tyrants mentioned above, or the recent revivalism of Zarabanda Moon, Gauntlet Ring or Skinliv.
Released on LP via Ixiol Productions.
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Tracklist:
1 Prologue 00:00
2 Entwined Pathways 01:14
3 The Unassailable Towers Of Infinity 06:21
4 When The Last Lamps Expire 11:39
5 Hour Of Perdition 19:07
6 Unwaning 24:34
7 Epilogue 32:53
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Simply outstanding black metal.
I consistently find myself coming back to this. It is exquisite
Same, it captures the essence of traditional black metal perfectly.
Keep having to come back to this upload, not the type of band I will forget; fucking amazing.
Glad I can hear this since getting the LP is seemingly impossible. This is excellent work. Harrowing yet triumphant.
The chance will come again.
i JUST picked up aa repress, theres a couple on discogs rn
Thank you finally i can hear this
🔥😈🔥
Now on CD on ALTARE Productions !
Yes! I was waiting this so much! Thank you
Very nice! Didn't listen it yet...
Incredible band, absolutely
Same guy as the Vanum guy? Sounds alike. Awesome record nonetheless!
Thanks for uploading this R.O.P., an AOTY contender for sure!
ROP this is triumph of mesmeric scale .
Made my night mate .
True respect to all concerned.
stunning start to finish and absolutely a year’s highlight for me as a release
This kicks ass but is also incredibly relaxing at the same time. What a great album.
🎧💻🍿🍷🤘💀
cd version?
Yes, on the Portuguese label Altare.
@@amduzias4089 thank you!!!!
Nuclear War Now just got some too
Sure is a lot of indie rock coming out of the northeast these days
Is there a download link?
This is fucking killer material. Truly spreading the flame of the dark arts.
by far the best usbm i heard in a while...
Try FIRE MAGIC.
@@ivantrdina246 thanks, ivane, on point recc, really liking
search my ass of fot the vinyl ,waiting for some European distribution
I have two copies, give me your soul
@@HeavyMetalWarrior6 from where shipping?
@@HeavyMetalWarrior6 I'll give you my soul
@@HeavyMetalWarrior6 I'll give you 2 souls and 50 cents.
yes euro distro would be great by far the best usbm i heard in a while.
I mean this is great and all, but it sounds like a more mid paced rawer Mgla. The third track intro main riff sounds like Exercises in Futility VI.
Okay, nothing special though. He sure have listened finnish bm a lot.
Good. Overhyped.
2/5 can't lift to this LoB clone. Overhyped generic reddit-tier BM. Nice logo tho
what's LoB
@@HH-jk8hi lamp of boobers
Shut up meg
Someone is mad they didn’t get a copy lol
Calm down man, this is orthodox BM, it is not supposed to be original when it comes to sound. Otherwise, it wouldn't be orthodox.
This is about melodies, atmosphere, and finally, about how it makes you feel.
Old fashioned dudes like me really enjoy the experience. This guy for example, delivers a particular soft variation, that grows into you and evolves along every track.
I guess he is not trying to do something that nobody haven't done before, but to do it his own way.