ENTHRONED - Ashspawn
Season of Mist
So if you're a long time fan of Belgium's Black Metal titans ENTHRONED then you might be inclined to agree with the following premise. This band has two eras. The first is their early days (aka: mid 1990's to mid 2000's) when Lord Sabathan was on vocals. I mean band membership flew by and by but they did have a handful of decent releases. At least two of em I'd call mandatory classics.
Then when Lord Sabathan left the band in 2006 it was like OK what happens now? Well the new band with Nornagest now on vocals came out with 2007's Tetra Karcist which was a damm good release. Now since then ENTHRONED have continued putting out decent BM releases. But for me 2019's Cold Black Suns was a turning point for this band.
On that release the band took a huge step forward into the present Black Metal day. The sound was brutal, sophisticated and down right menacing with it's atmosphere. Fast forward to 2025 and the band just took it all to another level. On this new one the lyrics and themes are helped by the band's collaboration with occult author Gilles de Laval. I mean this is some hellish, filth ridden sounding stuff.
Sound-wise this is a brutal punishment thanks to some amazing guitar work and an amazing rhythm section. Nornagest's vocals come across as his best blood vomiting, fierce screaming and hate filled beast like sounds which no human is supposed to achieve.
The first time I played this release I knew it was cool as fuck. The second time it was on continuous play for hours because it was so hypnotic. Right now it's on never stop. In a personal way this is my third favorite album by ENTHRONED.
https://www.season-of-mist.com/
LISTEN HERE:
https://enthronedsom.bandcamp.com/album/ashspawn
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