Description

Black vinyl with numbered lyric insert. Limited to 200 copies

Darkenhold, a black metal act from South Eastern France, draw their influences heavily from the old Norwegian black metal scene with the likes of Emperor, Satyricon and Taake forming the bulk of their sound, a heavily riff-centric strain of melodic black metal. Their debut album is melodic, atmospheric (and theatrical) black metal at its best. Similar albums to this would be: Dissection – Storm Of The Lights Bane, Dark Fortress – Tales From Eternal Dusk And Profane Genocidal Creations. The music is varied and slightly upbeat and a technical masterpiece. Besides from being similar to the above mentioned bands Darkenhöld also has this fast n brutal, thrashy and chugging parts in a couple of songs that make them sound like Absu or Cobalt for brief moments. They also present the musicality of an early Opeth on some songs, which is a bit progressive for a band like this. So give this band and album a thorough listen-through and buy the album, likelyhood of this being a disappointment is infinitesimal.

Track list:
1. A Passage (Overture)
2. Ghouls And The Tower
3. Marble Bestiary
4. Citadel Of Obsidian Slumber
5. Chains Of The Wyvern Shelter
6. In The Crystal Cavern (Interlude)
7. Cleaving The Ethereal Waves
8. Crimson Legions
9. Darkenhöld
10. Sorcery