THY SERPENT

Release Year: 2015
Artist Origin: FIN
Style: hypnotizing harmonious atmospheric black metal

one can only speculate what inspired harmonious atmospheric black metal wave in Finland in mid nineties, as it differed greatly from typically ferocious and filthy sound - perhaps early Gehenna, Dimmu Borgir, or the increasingly refined recordings of Samael, or maybe even traditional heavy metal artists, yet Thy Serpent stood at the ground zero of new direction, boldly incorporating keyboards into unhurried, ceremonially paced music that radiated melancholy, grandeur, mystery, and sorcery, making truly striking debut in 1996 with an album of six dreamy and poetic compositions, where behind every retouched symbol lurks black, destructive fire and enveloping, malevolent atmosphere, driven by characteristically expressive vocals of Azhemin; rare turning later Finnish edition comes with new artwork