Underdark - Mourning Cloak (2016)
Some solid blackened post-rock right
here, one of the best releases I’ve heard in an early 2017. Hailing
from Nottingham, Underdark provide a spacey, but not slow, form of
black metal that really hits the spot. Production is extremely
on-point from shimmering clean guitar up and past when these guys
bring the thunder. Great pans, from a studio point of view this thing
is a 10/10. “Bank of Roses” comes out of the gate swinging, as busting vocals against octaved guitars flow into a swirling set of
tremolo, heading further still into post-rock shimmering before a
fiery finish.
“Span of Black Nihility” brings with the thunder
with a full-on black attack. The heaviest of the three songs, it shows
these guys aren’t afraid of going full black with a pure False-like
growl. The finale of “With Bruised & Bloodied Feet” erupts
with towering drums and speed before dropping into a melodic attack
of crashing guitars and double layered vocals mixing low-end growl
with Goteborg squeals. Great stuff!
~ Dan
For Fans Of; Lord Mantis, False, Mare
Cognitum, Spectral Lore
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