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
This was truly a revelation. I was getting started with funeral doom, working on something with my headphones on... Then came Déluge... my jaw actually dropped, I stopped what I was doing and, wide-eyed, just listened to the track, baffled and amazed. After the album was over (I never do this), I went to lay down with my headphones to enjoy it over again.
I rarely heard (and felt) this much power and emotion in an album. Until I find something better, this is my landmark for peak funeral doom. fluo
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