Demoncy - Within the Sylvan Realms of Frost
This is Demoncy’s second full-length album, recorded back in 1996 but not seeing the light until late 1999. This is one of the first US Black Metal bands to form during the heyday of Florida and New York’s Death Metal scenes. It was pretty much just Demoncy, Masochist, Necrovore and Profanatica back then. I think this was the last Demoncy material to be recorded with a full band. I heard that the original line-up had ex-members of Profanatica in it, but if they remained to perform on this CD, then they obviously changed their names. Regardless, this doesn’t sound at all like Profanatica. The playing is too tight and the general imagery is more along the lines of the Nordic scene than the older US scene that Demoncy came out of. If you remember Faustian Dawn’s raw, Darkthrone influenced Black Fucking Metal with some interesting atmospheric bits, then this new album will not sound unfamiliar to you. The production on this is slightly better than the Faustian Dawn album’s, with a more polished sound and a cleaner guitar tone. The music, on the other hand, hasn’t changed all that much. You still think of Darkthrone when you listen to this band. This album would probably have had a bigger impact on the scene back in 1996 but I get the feeling that Demoncy will get lost in the shuffle in 2000 because too many bands sound exactly like they do.
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