Release Year: 2021
Artist Origin: NED
Style: painful misanthropic blackened doom metal
essential epic considered, the fifth full-length [2002] by an exceptional entity epitomizes what blackened doom metal shall be all about - obviously based on classic misanthropic approach once set by Unholy and Bethlehem, it is taken to a whole new level via somber guitar parts, melancholic keyboards, and desperate vocals, adding greater complexity and refinement in both layered structures and emotive moods, while such more dynamic tracks as The Obscure Process of Metamorphous bring in much more drama, expanding the bleak, desolate picture, and making these eleven cuts way more immersive, introspective listening experience; recent Finnish re-issue comes with Candlemass Ancient Dreams cover and completely new design