Räum - Emperor of the Sun (2025)

 

Label:Les Acteurs de l'Ombre Productions

Tracklist:

1.Eclipse of the Empyreal Dawn

2.Nemo Me Impune Lacessit      

3.Grounds of Desolation    

4.Towards the Flame

5.Obscure

6.Emperor of the Sun

7.A Path to the Abyss

Belgian black metal band and this is their second album Emperor of the Sun via Les Acteurs De L’Ombre

Räum is a mix of melody, atmosphere, with some touch of brutality

Succeeding, on from 2023’s Cursed by the Crown comes the 44-minute Emperor of the Sun. This new record builds on Räum’s past achievements, making for a very enjoyable slice of black metal.

The album starts with the brutalized intro Eclipse of the Empyreal Dawn, which then jumps out at you with its bloody riffs, furious vocal parts and icy atmosphere. Harmonics and maybe melancholic embellish the majestic rhythm that moves forward under the piercing growls, and if the track seems to end in a death rattle, it picks up again and carries us through to Nemo Me Impune Lacessit, where the tone is heavier. The composition is also jerkier, offering a shifting rhythm that doesn’t hesitate to accelerate and adopt rawerbecause the tempo changes at the right time

A second part much more doomed and atmospheric from the third track

Grounds of Desolation it’s turns between moments of intense blasts and heavy and atmospheric doomed passages, indeed mid-tempo

Towards The Flames starts off again at full speed, fast but melodic, sometimes mystical, always captivating like the very atmospheric, almost post-black.

Emperor of the Sun it’s a rich piece, with completely hypnotic vocals. Finally, "A Path To The Abyss" closes it all with firmness and mixed beauty. If the rhythm is infernal, the melodies, the atmospheres and the choirs call us like sirens to dive into the deepest abysses of humanity.

If "Cursed By The Crown" was promising, "Emperor Of The Sun" marks a turning point in the mastery of a modern black metal in any case you can add Emperor Of The Sun to your collection.

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Where The Light Fades - Into the Depths of the Black Creek (2025)

 

Label:  Canadian Northernshadow

Tracklist:

1.Torn Out         

2.Sands of Time         

3.Looming Doom (Into the Depths)

Where The Light Fades is band that arose out of the ashes of Astaroth Incarnate. Their new 3-track EP, "Into The Depths of The Black Creek," will be released on January 31st as a limited edition of 250 ecopack CDs hosted by Northern Shadow Canadian record

The EP is brief have only three songs during 15:26 minutes the artwork was done by Eza Fadhlul (Conqueror Ink) about the cover artwork it’s very fit and perfect with their style. 

Expect a mix of atmospheric/doom black (the basic style), with raw and some melodic death metal in the vein of Wolves In The Throne Room, Imperium Dekadenz, Mgła, Darkthrone, Taake, and early Katatonia.The lyrics are based on life, death, and grieving - something anyone can relate to.

Short debut EP for Where the Light Fades, it starts with Torn Out inflamed energy at first but fortunately suddenly tempo changes and bored things begins melancholic melodic and atmospheric slower riffs ….but at the end a little correction, nice melody followed by a raw sound, Sands of Time to pay attention because it’s the best and my fav of this mini EP ,powerful  sound , some more black metal moments the song are more raw music  speeds  up that are rooted in this second track with blast beat  can  be  heard and more evil angry vocals adding touch of death metal  growls all adjusting and all updates  have been accomplished in this tracks to be prefect as  well  as  the quality of the recording reaches the cutting edge of technology, Looming Doom (Into the Depths) in this last song  you heard doom and  melodic things , mid-tempo with up and down , we could say that it’s atmospheric black heavy 

In any case ,everybody guess a full-length album cannot be too far off.

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Time Lurker - Emprise (2024)

 

Label:Les Acteurs de l'Ombre Productions

Tracklist:

1.Emprise          
2.Cavalière de feu     
3.Poussière mortifère
4.Disparais, soleil
5.Fils sacré 

Still with atmospheric black metal via Les Acteurs De L’Ombre and this time with Time Lurker

Time Lurker is a French one-man bandatmospheric black metal project formed in 2014 by multi-instrumentalist/vocalist Mick. The band name is inspired by the song "Time's Lurker" by Catacomb (the former band of Mick's uncle James Moreau and aunt Nathalie). The name also refers to the Lovecraftian themes and lyrical content of both bands. Back in 2017, Time Lurker released Time Lurker, and now return after a 7-year gap to present Emprise powerful dark atmosphere the grim and disturbing setting depicted by that horrifying and scary cover artfollowed with evil nightmare vocal who remember me a little to Abruptum

brevity of this album just five songs but over 33min,First of these five tracks intro who takes the auditor to gloomy dark ambient universe after that , the duo starts withCavalière de feu atmospheric black metal, as we know it from previous Time Lurker releases. The tempo is faster, the guitar work is characterized by melodies, while Sotte's howling vocals, reminiscent of old Burzum, are mixed more in the background, Poussièremortifère is in the same style, but the speed is more mid-tempo.

Fils sacré the last one and the fav to pay attention over 8:33 min it’s begins the with raw riffs unstoppable go with  drumming, the drummer do his best on this tracksome tempo changes at right time with pretty awesome melodies fest of snare and double pedals

Now you can do your choice,add Emprise or not to your collection .

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Sordide - Ainsi Finit Le Jour (2024)

 

Label:Les Acteurs de l'Ombre Productions

Tracklist:

1 - Des Feux Plus Forts

2 - Nos Cendres Et Nos Râles

3 - Le Cambouis Et Le Carmin

4 - Sous Vivre

5 - Banlieues Rouges

6 - La Poésie Du Caebene

7 - Ainsi Finit Le Jour

8 - La Beauté Du Désastre

9 - Tout Est à La Mort

This is the fifth album of French atmospheric black metal Sordide with lyrics in French (nothing in English)via Les Acteurs De L’Ombre nothing in English with nine tracks during fifty-four minutes, this French trio plays an ambiguous style of black metalit’s it looks to atmospheric black metal but !!!!! usually black metal fast tempos, a shrieking vocal style, heavily distorted guitars played with tremolo picking, raw (lo-fi) recording, unconventional song structures, and an emphasis with Sordide

I can’t say black metal i’ts maybe post black with modern metal aparence

Structurally, it's got your basic variety of blasting and then some slower, grooving chords almost like Darkthrone or Hellhammer (not sure), but then they clamp on that strangeness and it becomes just left of center. The slower tunes,the vocalist's raucous screams make him sound enraged. There are also much bored slower songs that deliver a dark, doomy atmosphere with crushing heaviness, quite a contrast with the faster songs and you can literally feel the darkness and despair enveloping you while listening to these,other songs have fast tempo with raw riffs but tempo changes suddenly Towards the end of Des feux plus forts my fav song but tempo not really changes at the right time , in any case the nine songs are varied and some reviewer find an aggressive hardcore punk vibe maybe in the second and fifth song Nos cendres Et Nos Râles and  Banlieues Rouges

Now I think you can add Ainsi Finit le Jour to your collection.

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