| Artist: | DIABOLICAL MASQUERADE |
| Label: | Peaceville |
Release Year: 2021
Artist Origin: SWE
Style: powerful intense atmospheric black metal
presented as a soundtrack to fictitious horror movie, this fourth and arguably most ambitious recording by Blackheim [2001], divided into 61 fragments across twenty parts, pushes beyond the boundaries of traditional black metal, chaotically uniting extreme music with progressive, ambient, classical and cinematic forms, while its short, constantly shifting episodes create an unpredictable, theatrical journey through a carefully conceived screenplay; harsh vocals are complemented by Dan Swanö’s signature clean voice, also contributing to the compositions, keyboards, bass, guitars, drum programming, arrangements, editing, mixing and production, alongside orchestral textures, string passages, piano, flute motifs and involvement of some guest musicians, transforming this exceptional recording into a surreal, macabre and ever-shifting sonic experience, with each part conveying a different emotion; recent British edition comes with authentic design