TO THE KINGDOM OF THE DEAD
WHERE THE DEAD ROAM AS SHADOWS
IN DEEP DARK WATERS
AND THE WORLD IS UPSIDE DOWN
A JOURNEY ACROSS THE WILDERNESS
AND THE DISMAL CALM RIVER
TO THE NORTH A JOURNEY
GUIDED BY A MAID TO A QUIESCENT REGION
TO ALL THE FATE MUST BE THE SAME
TO RETURN AMONG THE LIVING
In Depths of Winter was brought to life by J.H. to bring forth the ways of the people of north. Life through snow and ice where the best (and worst) of times are linked to frost. Shades of Deep Water
PSA: if there was an album you heard a couple years ago and thought it was ok, listen to it again and you might love it.
That's what happened to me with this album. I cannot fathom why it didn't stick with me back then. Same thing happened with Decoherence's Unitarity for that matter. Matten
Buzzing swarms of cheerless, blackened, fuzzed-out atmospheric ambience. Funeral doom if it was reinterpreted by Stars of the Lid. This is a morose masterpiece swarming with thick blankets of melancholy beauty and majestic seance-like guitar squalls. I also like the other reviews that made art gallery associations, which, by dint of suggestion, resonated with my own listening experience. Highly recommended! brantly
Oakland, CA quartet LYCUS return with a new album on Relapse Records. Heavy, epic, mournful, and replete with art by Paolo Girardi. Bandcamp New & Notable Jan 5, 2016