4/1/2024 0 Comments Pulsa dinura![]() ![]() "As big as this comp is, if you’re any kind of fan of black metal you won’t want to leave the train at any station. A far cry from polished modern black metal, this is a bold and ambitious testament to the fertility of the underground in 2021." 8/10 This Wretched Earth unifies the human diaspora with the one thing we all have in common: suffering. Greece’s ODYRMOS reach for the stars with their dungeon synth, and India’s SOUNDS OF EMPTINESS provide repose with minimalist funereal synth before Ukraine’s HAISSEM deliver a muscular final blow. Chile’s FUNERAL sound like weaponised hornets, the opposite of Colombians MELABSTRA’s symphonic melodrama. Hailing from Iran, AKVAN’s genuinely haunting atmospheres complement the secondwave striation of Malaysia’s GESTORVEN. The sonic and cultural diversity across the album is impressive. The hissing fury of OF TWO LANDS makes for an early statement of intent – one of two Egyptian representations alongside the buzzsaw blasphemy of LYCOPOLIS. ![]() "Snow Wolf records, an indie label based in Kentucky, USA, proudly present a black metal compilation that’s ambitious in scope, featuring 16 bands from 14 countries across six continents.
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