Deeply mesmeric compositions drew us each into the depths of our souls, to the most contemplative layers, where we experienced epiphanies which are hard to put into words.
The musicianship here is as you’d come to expect for the band, top notch and tight. All these songs are driving, super fast paced rippers.
Smiles, jamming, and shredding are offered to entice the audience, and with a band like Tulus, it worked like a charm.
The vision of the world seen between the riffs is bleak, but there is strength and spine there too – enough to rise up with each cadence to move inexorably forward and fight back!
Thanatos isn’t casual, and it shouldn’t be treated as such.
Though it’s only three tracks long, and one of them is a Soundgarden cover, this EP still feels like a meaty offering.
Putting all of these experimental tendencies together, we have an album that you will return to regularly.
Make no mistake. This is legitimate black metal music. It just chooses to follow a different path than the grim, corpse-painted, spike laden creature of the night that so many black metal musicians cosplay as.
Though the album is explosive, there is plenty of room for nuance