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2021 press. Double album on black vinyls with gatefold cover

Those Whose Past Is Immortal is the seventh album from Astrofaes, the cult Ukrainian pagan black metal project of Thurios (Drudkh). Once again this band has been able to come up with songs that are nearly perfect in their compositional make-up. As with the band’s previous efforts, each song stands convincingly on its own without ever getting repetitive or plain boring. Those Whose Past Is Immortal is about emotion and reminiscing about a past that must be rediscovered and retrieved, something that is conveyed perfectly throughout the album; it is filled with a strong sense of longing. As said before, the music shifts from relatively peaceful passages to a whirlwind of (blast-beat) aggression, and back again, in a never-ending stream. Exactly these epic passages express this feeling of longing, which adds a certain atmosphere that makes Those Whose Past Is Immortal more than just highly original black metal. Together with Drudkh’s The Swan Road, Those Whose Past Is Immortal is one of the albums to buy.

Track list:
1. The Principle Of Existence
2. Hate Fang
3. The Depths Of The Past
4. Blackest Mountain Chain Of Cursed Time
5. The Abyss (The Edge Of Eternity)
6. Soul Of The Black Forest
7. Glacial Darkness