In the headlights formless shadows flicker into life
Falling under the wheels
Jagged creatures born where light meets the night
Bathed in red once they reappear
From an eerie rush of white
Branches are reaching
A flash of piercing, blinded eyes
Through the windscreen
Shards are everywhere
A vast glittering sea
Slick with blood
I’m fighting to stay
In the quiet calm
The air feels stale
There’s an alien sound
Its skin is pale
Eyes wide, it’s moving towards me
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
Mikolaj is a real multi-talent in bass as well as guitar as well as vocals and "Darkside" Maciej's drumming is a well-calibrated 100th-of-seconds-clockwork. Not for nothing is Mgla considered as a standard for a lot of other blacker-than-black metal bands. I hope to see this band live once..... grote_smurf
Up until now this is my favorite Varathron release with it's perfect level of aggression and great variation. Let's see, if The Crimson Temple will be able to change that. mourner
Brooding black metal on Vendetta records, Svartmálm slow the genre’s core ingredients and add bracing emotional heft. Bandcamp New & Notable Jul 20, 2018