Invictus Productions announces June 17th as the international release date for the highly anticipated second album of pan-international duo Atramentum, Through Fire, Everything is Renewed, on CD and vinyl LP formats.
A duo spread now between the UK and Egypt, Atramentum first made their public debut in 2017 with the album Aischrolatry. With Through Fire, Everything is Renewed is Atramentum's gnosis conceived through the Dragon: the revelation that all that may flourish must first be obliterated in flames. The album, whilst sophomoric in chronology, serves as the first truly formulated sonic vision of the band, via the addition of Jehannum (Pensées Nocturnes, Imha Tarikhat) shaping the percussive half of Atramentum. In synthesis with Frater XI's instrumentation and vocals, the second installment of Atramentum's musical veneration is birthed, exhibiting a fathomlessly dark and dizzying artistry rife with damnation and regeneration.
This ode to the nightside presents eight rituals of Atramentum's vision of black/death metal, with scything and multihued production courtesy of the esteemed BST (Aosoth, VI, Aborted). A divination of cruelty, beauty, malice, venom, and chthonic coalescence - feel the cleansing burn of Atramentum's Through Fire, Everything is Renewed!
supported by 7 fans who also own “Through Fire, Everything is Renewed”
Excellent black metal from top to bottom, properly brutal and dissonant, yet balanced with melodic sections and attention-keeping songwriting. This is my favorite kind of black metal, properly blending the traditions of old with some improvements of the new, like clear production and a consistent sense of *kiss-sound-effect* black metal perfectionism throughout the album. Recommended for fans of Barshasketh, Inferno, Thy Darkened Shade, Sargeist Shane Cotee
supported by 7 fans who also own “Through Fire, Everything is Renewed”
Gaerea's first release of "Unsettling Whispers" was in 2018, and since, they dared define a "black metal" niche of their own, they dared to walk a new path and stir shit up a bit in the realm of BM, this album is a masterpiece and a milestone proving that it can be done, provided the band can pull it off, and they did, oh they did! Gloomy, dark, post-BM sludgy whatever, it's Gaerea, and this one belongs in my BC collection, the end. sachavonkarl74