Throne – Pestilent Dawn
There will be a moment in your future when you get to press play on this album for this first time, and that moment will be amazing!
There will be a moment in your future when you get to press play on this album for this first time, and that moment will be amazing!
It’s as if you had an M4 Sherman tank that could convert into an ‘82 Firebird with the push of a button.
Immersion is still an overwhelming and pummeling experience, but it’s one you might be able to share with an extreme music friend who wants to get into the band but doesn’t know where to start.
There is no beauty here, nor should there be. There is only a righteous simmering rage leaking out of a tightly lidded container.
Dissonance and psychedelia and brutality..oh, my…
It races forward like a thoroughbred on the hunt, but has so many interesting and unique flourishes, time changes, and unexpected twists that it is clear the band are thoughtful composers.
While the band is musically ugly, confrontational, and catastrophic, it is ultimately just the Mad Max vehicle for their message.
Take the time to really let Initiatio seep into your pores. The payoff is so worth it.
Altogether, SERENE DARK represents a significant advance from the band’s previous manifestation and gives listeners a seamless, varied, and epic articulation of black metal, melodic death metal, old school death metal, and deathcore whilst focusing on a fascinating and poignant psychological exploration.