TRIPTYKON

Release Year: 2014
Artist Origin: SWI
Style: obscure orchestral doom black metal

solid as a stone, impressive sophomore longplay by genius Swiss four-piece proves them sticking even more precisely to a very personal, characteristic, hand-crafted model of sound, winning over the listener via vastly varied and strikingly heavy episodes, powered by limitless, macabre, doom-laden darkness, yet music here is more focused and direct, perhaps capturing with its multifaceted vibe, comparing to the debut unleashed four years ago; among nine oppressing hymns of gloom and despair there is a constant struggle between the minimalist and the complex, dressed in quite contemporary clothes, where the winner is a dedicated, open-minded listener, who knows the roots but never ignores the progress