Like the winter landscape of the cover, this black metal group are less about bludgeon and speed, and more about stark, frozen atmosphere - no better exemplified than in the melancholy beauty of opener "Cold".
None's sound reminds me a little of Taake, but the ambient synth parts could have come out of a lot of 90s era television shows that were horror or thriller based. A terrific debut. nightskald
This wild 35-track all-metal benefit album features Mare Cognitum, Panopticon, and more reinventing songs by Tori Amos & others. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 3, 2020
You’re adrift in space, the systems in your space suit failing. As you feel yourself fading away, a star goes nova in your field of vision. It’s tendrils and waves of plasma reach out to you, and you smile, resigned to your fate. Of course, it was always going to be this way....
This is Mesarthim. Brian Parker