The eye ablaze up high
Slowly creeping down
A pyre descending in red
Settling into dusk and gloom
It burns through veils of ashes swirling
Creatures gather in front of the furnace
Awaiting the falling of night
Chased by their screams
Echoing through the forest
I stumble further away from the path
Yet here they find me
With their knives unsheathed
And the symbol of their god
On their shields
Those curs intended
To make me suffer
I hate you until death
The world wanes
As the noose tightens
They light the fire
Praising their god
The roaring flames
Drown my cries
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