Glaring embers staring lambent
A clamor of shattering chains
The obligation to altruistic morality
Resolved in mutual paths of declination
Crucible boiling sickening poison
Vacuous corrosion, worm-eaten veins
Strike at the crux of the fatted beast
The dam breaks in a wave of repudiation
For what is man without anger?
A sotted serf peddled among bidders
Victim of guile, a knave, and a pawn
His castrated instincts provide him no compass through the world
Defeatist... the idealist...
In the face of the intrinsic logic...
Man's untrammled nature of aeons
supported by 32 fans who also own “The Failure of Altruism”
This whole album is flawless. This is music for walking in the rain and letting your thoughts run. It's not just a collection of songs, but an actual album. yakbone
supported by 27 fans who also own “The Failure of Altruism”
Swirling guitars, furious drums, vocals that at the same time howl from infinite distance and are right up in your head; everything put into dissonant form with the help of unconventional songwriting. This album is my personal key to the icelanding black metal madness that I've ignored for way too long! Lukas Kaufmann
supported by 22 fans who also own “The Failure of Altruism”
Gaerea's first release of "Unsettling Whispers" was in 2018, and since, they dared define a "black metal" niche of their own, they dared to walk a new path and stir shit up a bit in the realm of BM, this album is a masterpiece and a milestone proving that it can be done, provided the band can pull it off, and they did, oh they did! Gloomy, dark, post-BM sludgy whatever, it's Gaerea, and this one belongs in my BC collection, the end. sachavonkarl74
Featuring members of Noothgrush, Graves at Sea, and more, the Oakland metal band juxtapose cavernous doom with spaced-out shoegaze. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 21, 2024
supported by 22 fans who also own “The Failure of Altruism”
Very late to the party, but for several years I've found melodic black metal all too similar and all albums sounding like Dissection, etc... HOWEVER, not only I am back into it but UADA is still a layer of complexity above the main baseline and this is an old album worth having, that's a basic milestone in UADA's discography and I felt it needed to be part of my BC collection. sachavonkarl74