Monday, December 14, 2020

Mahr - Maelstrom (2020)



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Each band out of the enigmatic and elusive Prava Kollektiv all released an album on November 18, all of which, from what I have heard thus far, have delivered a devastating sonic landscape under the umbrella of atmospheric black metal. Mahr are just one of these bands, and Maelstrom is nothing if not suffocatingly obtuse and crushing, both in the weight of its sound, spacing and tonality. Similarly not unlike Sonance, Mizmor, Leucosis and or Skáphe in its ability to convert instrumentation and the space between the instrumentation into a cohesive sound rife with ferocity and new ideas.

I can't recommend checking all of which I have mentioned above, enough. These are groups pushing through the banality of generic soundscapes with zeal and authenticity. Buy everything for a 'Name Your Price' donation. 

Mahr - Maelstrom (bandcamp)