A bloodless sun rises
To gloat over a land
Blanketed by long white cloud
Anemic shards penetrate
To touch virginal soil
Beneath mossy boughs
Nestled in flocculent fronds
Cloaked in limpid dew
This is where I fell
Entranced by the nightsky
And surrendered myself to madness
Black fertile earth
Unquenched by my blood
Falls through soiled fingers
To mingle with nocturnal moisture
The moon reflects from a tranquil sea
And my spirit is wrung with a bitter yearning
Nostalgia for a veiled past
Even in this Elysian sanctuary
I understand I was not meant for this place
So I gave myself to the stars
Immune to telluric woe
But even in unending starlight
I understand I am not meant for this place
I fall back to the earth
And lay prone in clandestine paradise
Night lays heavy
Adorned with inverted constellations
Soft rain settles on pallid skin
Fronds and leaves sway in the wind
A stream runs black through the night
The north wind beckons me home
The north wind beckons me to 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