CARACH ANGREN

Release Year: 2020
Artist Origin: NED
Style: intense dramatic symphonic black metal

with the fifth full-length [2017] under their collective belt already, Dutch masters of theatrical and horror-filled extreme black metal feel more than comfortable, painting musical pictures that easily combine the grandiose depth of Rembrandt with Van Gogh's maelstrom of whirling colours and the utter madness of Bosch, masterfully incorporating string sections and regal orchestral arrangements; their most flamboyant album so far, a lusciously seductive danse macabre drags the listeners in and never lets them go, telling the eerie story of a girl playing with her Ouija board a little too long; the fourth gatefold sleeve double black 45rpm vinyl edition with pro-printed four page lyric insert is limited to 300 units