Description

Black vinyl 10” with silver foil printed cover and insert. Limited 400 copies

Epic black metal from Wroclaw, Poland by Robert ‘Rob Darken’ Fudali. Over the years, Graveland has evolved from a rickety, clickety-clackity raw black metal band to one that took on the overall mood of Bathory’s Twilight of the Gods to build a foundation of triumphantly epic music. Band leader (and apparently sole member these days) Rob Darken has made some pretty damn good music during the years. ‘Blood Of Heroes’ is a fifteen minute, two song EP that continues along the path of long songs and it’s hard not to be mesmerised the entire time. From a gorgeous opening, a very creepy Arvo Part-ish choral bit, on to epic fuzzy metalscapes, reptitive hypnotic droning riffery, soaring majestic keyboards and strangely haunting folky melodies buried under suffocating black ambience this is definitely a prime, albeit brief, slice of breathtaking blackness.

Track list:
1. Blood Of Heroes
2. I Am What They Fear