STAFIA - Tales from Beyond the Fog
Self Released
Ironically after giving this a listen I stepped out on my back deck for a smoke and noticed bats flying around the house. Then again this is a one man black metal act from Romania so there you go. The one man behind this project is not disclosing his name.
So this is the debut full length by STAFIA, which is a Romanian mythological creature and roughly translates to malevolent spirit. That works out well since musically this release comes off sounding in the spirit of low-fi 1990's BM malevolence.
As the PR info states; this album was recorded beyond the fog under a cold dark moon and pale blood sky in April of 2022. Yeah I believe that. This album is also dedicated to Count Grishnackh. That's Varg Vikernes for those of you who have forgotten since you can't talk about em online anymore.
In all honesty as soon as I saw the album art work I figured this guy likes BURZUM, and frankly who doesn't. And musically this is totally BURZUM inspired black metal ala his early stuff. So after a couple of listens I found this kinda cool sounding in a nostalgic type of way.
The tremolo picked riffs and their icy tones are pitch perfect. The vocals are of that harsh inhuman variety. The drum work is spot on as if Varg was behind the kit. There's eight cuts on here. Looking back at all of the USBM acts that wanted to be the next BURZUM but failed miserably (but the hiptards liked em). I think this is pretty cool.
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