LUCTUS

Release Year: 2020
Artist Origin: LTU
Style: violent intense transcendental black metal

although it may seem that Luctus are everywhere and the band is simply raging with activity, black metal apostles always take enough time to prepare a new longplay, and that in itself points to an ambition to reach new heights, to push past their own limits and avoid repetition as much as possible - the result of five year work goes deeper into a search for identity, expressed through transcendent spirit not only in lyrics but also in music itself, partly stepping away from standard structures and established creative models, though this by no means suggests that fury or desperation are absent this time; quite the opposite - the force of extreme sound crushes and pins the listener to the wall perhaps even more strongly, while signature harmonies, barking vocals and relentless rhythmic assault remain exactly what no follower of Kaunas brigade would ever want to lose