SEAR BLISS

Release Year: 2021
Artist Origin: HUN
Style: epic dynamic atmospheric black metal

sixth full-length [2004] by the prominent Hungarian black metal outfit is an intense return to the roots, grandiose atmospheric black metal recording where blood-chilling mood, enhanced by well familiar trumpet episodes, enriches highly unique sound first introduced in 1995; shorter, more straightforward structures contribute to the revival of magical feeling, shaped by creative resurgence, where high-speed assaults and distinctive melancholic spirit conjure a bleak world permeated by cosmic loneliness and human fragility, with pagan grandeur clashing against existential anxiety, while explosive energy repeatedly gives way to slower, more solemn passages, adding further drama to the music, and Attila Csihar [Mayhem] lends his unmistakable voice to two tracks as a guest singer; first time ever, Dutch transparent golden vinyl edition with a pro-printed lyric insert is limited to 200 units