![]() ![]() Spiritual Oppression is a little more diverse, taking its time with slower, almost doomy melodies before becoming faster and more vicious, a touch of early Emperor popping up in a moody interlude that hearkens back to the start of the song. Each and every track delivers in terms of gloomy, riff-driven black metal, first track proper Agony (To No Avail) closest to the Ukrainian or Cascadian melodic walls of noise that we've come to know and love and even a lengthy sampled speech can't spoil things, fitting the unnerving atmosphere of the track and helping its build. Combining various strains of black metal, including traditional, atmospheric, depressive, and even progressive, Malist is quite unique in feel once given time to work its dark magic on you.Įven the obligatory part-acoustic intro and outro pieces are effective, Venture into Life and Ever After dark and mysterious portals in and out respectively of Malist's bleak world, yet it's what is between them that is truly superb. And In the Catacombs of Time definitely ticks all the right boxes, exceeding expectations in almost every way. Malist are no exception, based in Moscow and led by Ovfrost who handles all the instruments on this, his debut record as far as I can tell. ![]() Black metal is probably the only genre of (extreme) music where you can find fans mocking one-man bands as being 'basement-dwelling' or 'bedroom-based' rather than appreciating them for their overachievements, despite the many occasions in the genre's history where lone wolf projects have delivered fantastic results.
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