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Friendship, Love and War

by GUDSFORLADT

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DFusion Whoever this guy is is amazing. the previous reviews are right - the more you listen to this beautiful and daring work of art, the more you come appreciate it. I'm super picky about raw BM, and this is some of the best I've heard. The Criminal and His Willing Sacrifice In Repentance is one of the best black metal songs I have ever heard. I've listened to this album about 30 times so far, and I'm just at the beginning. I have hundreds of more spins taking in this masterpiece. Favorite track: The Criminal and His Willing Sacrifice in Repentance.
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Ryan I imagine this is what it would sound like if you mixed 70s/80s Judas Priest with early Summoning. This is quite the experience. Heavy NWBHM riffing here to go with the epic folk tinged atmosphere. The best way to describe this is very 70s inspired traditional heavy metal/psychedelic influenced raw/melodic/epic black metal.....and it absolutely fucking rules. Favorite track: Lands Eternal Taken.
Runa K
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Runa K Triumphant and veering straight into danger, this album grants me the sound of life that I've been missing for all those valuable years of my existence. Favorite track: The Criminal and His Willing Sacrifice in Repentance.
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about

A rider, burdened by a past which grows like a tumor inside of him, struggles against himself and loses - he chooses the rope. During what would be his last breath, he is instead given a second chance by forces beyond his comprehension, under the condition that he carries out a quest he thinks impossible. The rider flees, frightened of his own potential for greatness or for failure - but no matter how far he rides, destiny is not so easily dissuaded...

For better or worse, whether he wishes it or not, no man on this earth rides alone. We are all of us bound together, heart to heart and soul to soul -- all of us bit players in stories bigger than we know - stories we have no hand in writing. This is one of those stories - a story of friendship, love and war.



“Listening to this album is a thrilling experience not unlike taking in an enormous painting – at first you're content to admire it from a distance, but eventually you find yourself unconsciously drifting closer to admire the details.” - METAL INJECTION (metalinjection.net/editorials/choice-cuts/undeaths-alexander-jones-discusses-the-perfect-fall-black-metal-album-of-2022)

“…this is a record possessed of nothing short of gallantry. Each composition is concise and compelling.” - TOILET OV HELL (toiletovhell.com/mini-reviews-from-around-the-bowl-1-12-23/)

“…a sterling example of what you can do when you honor an existing form but commit to pushing its boundaries. Few artists working under the broad umbrella of raw black metal have ever made a better album.” - BANDCAMP (daily.bandcamp.com/best-metal/the-best-metal-on-bandcamp-september-2022)

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released September 2, 2022

All instruments and vocals by DM
mastered by Will Killingsworth at Dead Air
additional mastering for cassette and vinyl by M
album art by Lauren Taylor

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