So this may be a little bit controversial (and believe you me, this is not the most controversial release I have planned), due to their lack of popularity with the kvltists, but this is one of my favourite albums. Although I'm a little less enamored with it than I was when I first heard it, I believe that's due to the amount I've listened to it dulling its effect on me. Don't let the 'metalcore' tag put you off.
From the artwork to the music contained therein, this is essentially the genesis of the DSBM (depressive suicidal black metal) genre. Although it's not my favourite genre, I can easily appreciate the beauty (it's even uplifting at times) of this.
Although the artwork format looks kind of strained with that length of album title, I'd like to take another opportunity during a theme I've already described to thank Teekylee once again for its awesomeness. She won't be uploading herself, but it's nice to have a resident artist.
The reason why these seem to come in roughly alphabetical order is that I batch upload them. Moving on... A Forest Of Stars' second album is good, certainly - it's not one I'd herald among the greats of odd BM, but it comes at the request of another author of this blog. My only real criticisms, however, are that there is not enough time spent with the meat of the issue (i.e. the black metal), and the album is too long.
N.B. In case you hadn't guessed, this is not official artwork, of which there is none.
Worry yourselves not, this is not a 'zine about the much reviled combination of the worst parts of death metal and hardcore, but rather one which focuses on bands from the two individual scenes. In case you hadn't guessed, these are not my scans, but rather ones found on the internet - I merely converted them into pdf format.
No, this, the next part of the death metal series, is not about hipster deathcore bands with fringes (rest assured, that will not come to be), but rather the expansive genre of blackened death metal - so expansive I had to split this into two parts, of which this is the first.
