BLUT AUS NORD - Ethereal Horizons
Debemur Morti Productions
So here we have the sixteenth full length by the French Black Metal band BLUT AUS NORD. Out of all of the second generation French BM acts I've always stuck with BLUT AUS NORD because they started out weird in the mid to late 90's. But I believe it was their sixth full length, Odinist - The Destruction of Reason by Illumination, which put them to the forefront of the French BM scene.
Fast forward to 2011 when the band started that 777 trilogy which lasted to 2012. The first two albums were good but the third blew. From then onward BLUT AUS NORD has tried to erase everything Black Metal about themselves. 2022's Disharmonium - Undreamable Abysses full length is were I got tired of it. And this new one seals the deal for me to stop being a fan.
BLUT AUS NORD started out as a cool BM act into progressing their sound with atmospheric touches and an avant-guard smack to the face. As of now with this release they're shoe-gazer bullshit. I mean sure if I was high on pot or tripping on some hallucinogenics then I'd really like this. But I'm not a fucking post hipster wannabe hippie. Also I hate those types of people.
Sure the production on here is outstanding. You've got a wall of sound akin to those Euro BM shoe-gazers of decade or so ago. There's plenty of synth work. Oddly enough there's a touch of depressive French Post Punk going on here. In the end I chalk this one up to the same feelings I had for 2022's Disharmonium - Undreamable Abysses. It's avant-garde BM to fall asleep to.
https://www.debemur-morti.com/en/
LISTEN HERE:
https://blutausnord.bandcamp.com/album/ethereal-horizons
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