From iron shores
Drifting east
To the ruin-lined shores of the Danube
Past ageless cities
Of faded glory
Through opaque walls of crystalline mist and bitter cold
To sun-drenched shores
Of oak and spruce
Shrouded marshes
Verdant plains
Drifting past
Lands of spoliation
On grey, forlorn currents
Thick with midwinter’s ice
Beneath shadows of great monuments
Robbed of past resplendence
To clear, warm nights
Where night birds chant
To keep the cruel dawn at bay
Step tentatively ashore
Wade through shrouded marshes
Into groves of oak and ash
That pulse with unseen spirits
And reverberate with hoof falls of the past
Beckoned forward by hanging boughs
The heart I left buried in northern mountains
Grows strong in my chest
And takes root in the black soil of these forests
But forever bears the scars
Of gelid glens and minacious crags
My blood, flowing from northern streams,
Reaches the sea and into this great river
Mingles in the marshes
And when my bones have been picked clean by carrion birds
My spirit shall ascend
To gift memory to dead stars
And I shall forever wander
A blood-red sun retreats
Setting the horizon alight
In its dying glare
I caress the scars of distant lands
And their memory fades
With the waning light
Ascending upwards
To ignite barren stars
Beacons to light my way
As I forever wander
I was always intrigued by this group's choice of album covers, it isn't every day that you see high quality space photos in this genre despite the rise of "cosmic" black metal. But the music blew me away, this sounds like Austere took the atmospheric spacey route. (I will assume it's a coincidence that both bands are Australian) porcelainheart-
definetely one of my favourite bm projects lately, love the synth elements. makes you remember how amazing, but terrifying, space really is :) scumdrug
For those of use whose attention span isn't what it was for ambient and who need something more narrative than noise, there is the sub-genre of atmospheric black metal that I'm inclined to call "monolithic". Paysage d'Hiver might be the archetypal example. But if you just want to be consumed by a relentless wall of beautiful air pressure, this is ideal. Luke
If “atmospheric black metal” implies majestic comedowns and dramatic dynamics, this powerhouse instead constitutes anti-atmospheric black metal. Bandcamp Album of the Day Mar 23, 2021