Varathron - Stygian Forces of Scorn
Admittedly I’m a little biased when it comes to Varathron, but that said, this is not only the band’s best recording ever, Stygian Forces of Scorn is one of the greatest Black Metal albums of all time. The complexity, intensity, and majesty of this masterwork absolutely annihilates newer Rotting Christ, the de facto leader of the Greek Black Metal scene. Part of the key to Varathron’s perfection is that main-man Necroabyssious knows what so many others seem to have forgotten: Black Metal is Metal! It’s not Techno, or Punk, or any of 666 other bad ideas that various artists have tried over the years. Those experiments virtually always fail. Please do not misunderstand me: I am not trying to say that these songs all sound the same, or at Necroabyssious will not try new ideas. This album sounds absolutely new, due to both the stunning production and amazing songwriting, and is exploding with the kind of musical details that I would expect from Varathron, while no speed, heaviness, or complexity is sacrificed on the altar of being “different.” From the mind-liquefying beginning riffs of “Behind the Mask,” to the mournful “Where the Walls Weep,” to the last seconds of album-closer “Aclo Savaoth Soth” -honestly, every moment of every song on here- Stygian Forces of Scorn is so flawless as to almost be beyond belief in all ways. You will be haunted by this music from beyond the abyss.
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