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Ethereal Darkness – Smoke And Shadows

29/12/2019

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This one man debut was released in the beginning of February 2019. The CD was given to us by a fan when we visited one of the oldest record shops of Ghent Belgium. Ethereal Darkness is the project of a certain moniker Lars playing all the instruments and taking care of the death and black metal voices on Smoke And Shadows.

Melodic based death metal is mixed with gothic and black metal atmospheres. The album brings a story of life reflections balancing between life and death. Thoughtful lyrics tell stories about loss, love, acceptance, hope and remission. The darker side of life is etched in song structures containing heavy hypnotic guitar riffs and blasting beats. Mysterious Lars knows how to play the strings with sharp solos and slow melancholic parts precisely woven in the eight tracks of this album. 

It’s difficult to categorize Ethereal Darkness. The use of melodic guitar work with a mix of death and black metal vocals has very interesting result. Wintersun appeared in our mind to describe the varied wall of sound Ethereal Darkness shapes, but with less complexity. The production and mastering of this surprising piece of work is almost too good to believe and flirting with a strained feeling.

Smoke And Shadows  is a conceptual album about how our lives are like rivers flowing slowly into the sea. This Belgian artist provides with no doubt a nice listening session for the dark and lonely winter evenings. We will embrace this music during black X-mas days.

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Patsker

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