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It’s not uncommon for death metal musicians to mellow and prog out the longer they roam this Earth. Far from a negative connotation, enough songwriting prowess can lead to a tasteful and potent way to carry out said development. One of many collectives in this category is the Morbus Chron expanded universe. These Swedes first went from classic death metal to Sweven, which eventually led to an even proggier Sweven. Now, in a further evolution following the Law of Increasing Hippietude™, we arrive at Speglas. Although predating Sweven by some five years, it took until now for the debut full-length Endarkenment, Being & Death to come to fruition. Their goal of fusing death and black metal with heavy metal, however, has remained the same throughout. With two degrees of staff and sound separation between Morbus Chron and Speglas, where has all this evolution led to?

The Sweven presence in the lineup of Speglas is noticeable from the get go. Isak Rosemarin (Sweven, ex-Morbus Chron) acts as half of the guitar crew and all of the vocal crew, lending the album a warm but powerful, raspy growl often reminiscent of Niilo Sevänen (Insomnium). Jesper Nyrelius’s (Sweven) drumming is varied and detailed (“The Spirit Postmortem,” “Hitherto Awry”). Alexi Hedlund’s guitar and Victor Berg’s bass round out the great performances of the lineup. Musically, Endarkenment… tends to fall somewhere between Inconcessus Lux Lucis’s blackened Iron Maiden approach (sadly gone unmentioned on site until now) and Chapel of Disease’s severely underrated deathened dad rock from 2024. Fans of Tribulation’s Down Below era might find a lot to like here as well. The songwriting builds upon their preceding EPs—2015’s Birth, Dreams & Death and 2022’s Time, Futility & Death—but improves on all aspects, nailing down the vocals and crafting a memorable dual guitar tandem (“Incessant Severance,” “Dies Mali”). And while the project’s vision does precede Sweven by a lot, its instrumentation inevitably ends up feeling distantly related (“Dearth”).

Endarkenment, Being & Death by Speglas

Endarkenment, Being & Death flows seamlessly from atmospheric to intense in various styles and tempos. Iron Maiden licks run amok throughout the album’s dual-harmonized guitar work (“Dearth,” “Rage upon the Dying Fire”) of course, but they’re not carrying the record alone. Gorgeous clean guitar parts (“Ailing,” “Dearth”) and sadboi tremolos (“Dies Mali”) accompany the superb rhythm and lead guitar efforts elsewhere. Parts of “The Endarkenment” even resemble Alcest by way of Spiritual Instinct’s fantastic post-black direction. All this leads to Speglas being progressive without it getting in the way of the music. In addition, a stellar production job only lifts up the band’s great stylistic choices. Simon Söderberg’s (whose production credits surprisingly include early Ghost) placement of drums and bass in the mix deserve special mention, as it makes an already good set of instruments sound incredible. Though not a massively layered or complex album, the combination of both songwriting and production depth makes for a highly repeatable experience.

Careful pacing allows Speglas to end their experiment with a triumphant bang instead of a whimper. Though the album could benefit from showing more teeth and grit at its most aggressive, the ending one-two punch of the album in “Dies Mali” and “Rage upon the Dying Fire” is a cornerstone hard to argue against. I wouldn’t be surprised if both end up being among my Song o’ the Year finalists. As for its softer side, the beauty of “Woe” and “Ailing” won’t change the minds of people diametrically opposed to intros and interludes. Some will say Speglas’s style is too watered down, others might think it’s not watered down enough. But I think Endarkenment… strikes a great balance in between, the music being both heavy and beautiful, intricate and addictingly catchy as a result.

You don’t need to reinvent the wheel to craft something that feels fresh and exemplary. Speglas took a long while to fine-tune their writing prowess for the debut, and it paid off in spades. Endarkenment, Being & Death succeeds in its primary goal as a superb example of progressive, deathened and blackened heavy metal. Despite not featuring any cowbell, I reckon it’ll be difficult for future 2026 albums to top this one come year-end. As the final recent n00b remaining who hadn’t broken the Score Safety Counter yet, I’m glad I held out this long for something remarkable. And I wasn’t even originally in charge of covering it!

Rating: Excellent
DR: 8 | Format Reviewed: 320 kbps MP3
Label: Trust No One Recordings | Bandcamp
Websites: Bandcamp | Facebook | Instagram
Releases Worldwide: February 27th, 2026

It’s not uncommon for death metal musicians to mellow and prog out the longer they roam this Earth. Far from a negative connotation, enough songwriting prowess can lead to a tasteful and potent way to carry out said development. One of many collectives in this category is the Morbus Chron expanded universe. These Swedes first went from classic death metal to Sweven, which eventually led to an even proggier Sweven. Now, in a further evolution following the Law of Increasing Hippietude™, we arrive at Speglas. Although predating Sweven by some five years, it took until now for the debut full-length Endarkenment, Being & Death to come to fruition. Their goal of fusing death and black metal with heavy metal, however, has remained the same throughout. With two degrees of staff and sound separation between Morbus Chron and Speglas, where has all this evolution led to?

The Sweven presence in the lineup of Speglas is noticeable from the get go. Isak Rosemarin (Sweven, ex-Morbus Chron) acts as half of the guitar crew and all of the vocal crew, lending the album a warm but powerful, raspy growl often reminiscent of Niilo Sevänen (Insomnium). Jesper Nyrelius’s (Sweven) drumming is varied and detailed (“The Spirit Postmortem,” “Hitherto Awry”). Alexi Hedlund’s guitar and Victor Berg’s bass round out the great performances of the lineup. Musically, Endarkenment… tends to fall somewhere between Inconcessus Lux Lucis’s blackened Iron Maiden approach (sadly gone unmentioned on site until now) and Chapel of Disease’s severely underrated deathened dad rock from 2024. Fans of Tribulation’s Down Below era might find a lot to like here as well. The songwriting builds upon their preceding EPs—2015’s Birth, Dreams & Death and 2022’s Time, Futility & Death—but improves on all aspects, nailing down the vocals and crafting a memorable dual guitar tandem (“Incessant Severance,” “Dies Mali”). And while the project’s vision does precede Sweven by a lot, its instrumentation inevitably ends up feeling distantly related (“Dearth”).

Endarkenment, Being & Death by Speglas

Endarkenment, Being & Death flows seamlessly from atmospheric to intense in various styles and tempos. Iron Maiden licks run amok throughout the album’s dual-harmonized guitar work (“Dearth,” “Rage upon the Dying Fire”) of course, but they’re not carrying the record alone. Gorgeous clean guitar parts (“Ailing,” “Dearth”) and sadboi tremolos (“Dies Mali”) accompany the superb rhythm and lead guitar efforts elsewhere. Parts of “The Endarkenment” even resemble Alcest by way of Spiritual Instinct’s fantastic post-black direction. All this leads to Speglas being progressive without it getting in the way of the music. In addition, a stellar production job only lifts up the band’s great stylistic choices. Simon Söderberg’s (whose production credits surprisingly include early Ghost) placement of drums and bass in the mix deserve special mention, as it makes an already good set of instruments sound incredible. Though not a massively layered or complex album, the combination of both songwriting and production depth makes for a highly repeatable experience.

Careful pacing allows Speglas to end their experiment with a triumphant bang instead of a whimper. Though the album could benefit from showing more teeth and grit at its most aggressive, the ending one-two punch of the album in “Dies Mali” and “Rage upon the Dying Fire” is a cornerstone hard to argue against. I wouldn’t be surprised if both end up being among my Song o’ the Year finalists. As for its softer side, the beauty of “Woe” and “Ailing” won’t change the minds of people diametrically opposed to intros and interludes. Some will say Speglas’s style is too watered down, others might think it’s not watered down enough. But I think Endarkenment… strikes a great balance in between, the music being both heavy and beautiful, intricate and addictingly catchy as a result.

You don’t need to reinvent the wheel to craft something that feels fresh and exemplary. Speglas took a long while to fine-tune their writing prowess for the debut, and it paid off in spades. Endarkenment, Being & Death succeeds in its primary goal as a superb example of progressive, deathened and blackened heavy metal. Despite not featuring any cowbell, I reckon it’ll be difficult for future 2026 albums to top this one come year-end. As the final recent n00b remaining who hadn’t broken the Score Safety Counter yet, I’m glad I held out this long for something remarkable. And I wasn’t even originally in charge of covering it!

Rating: Excellent
DR: 8 | Format Reviewed: 320 kbps MP3
Label: Trust No One Recordings | Bandcamp
Websites: Bandcamp | Facebook | Instagram
Releases Worldwide: February 27th, 2026

It’s not uncommon for death metal musicians to mellow and prog out the longer they roam this Earth. Far from a negative connotation, enough songwriting prowess can lead to a tasteful and potent way to carry out said development. One of many collectives in this category is the Morbus Chron expanded universe. These Swedes first went from classic death metal to Sweven, which eventually led to an even proggier Sweven. Now, in a further evolution following the Law of Increasing Hippietude™, we arrive at Speglas. Although predating Sweven by some five years, it took until now for the debut full-length Endarkenment, Being & Death to come to fruition. Their goal of fusing death and black metal with heavy metal, however, has remained the same throughout. With two degrees of staff and sound separation between Morbus Chron and Speglas, where has all this evolution led to?

The Sweven presence in the lineup of Speglas is noticeable from the get go. Isak Rosemarin (Sweven, ex-Morbus Chron) acts as half of the guitar crew and all of the vocal crew, lending the album a warm but powerful, raspy growl often reminiscent of Niilo Sevänen (Insomnium). Jesper Nyrelius’s (Sweven) drumming is varied and detailed (“The Spirit Postmortem,” “Hitherto Awry”). Alexi Hedlund’s guitar and Victor Berg’s bass round out the great performances of the lineup. Musically, Endarkenment… tends to fall somewhere between Inconcessus Lux Lucis’s blackened Iron Maiden approach (sadly gone unmentioned on site until now) and Chapel of Disease’s severely underrated deathened dad rock from 2024. Fans of Tribulation’s Down Below era might find a lot to like here as well. The songwriting builds upon their preceding EPs—2015’s Birth, Dreams & Death and 2022’s Time, Futility & Death—but improves on all aspects, nailing down the vocals and crafting a memorable dual guitar tandem (“Incessant Severance,” “Dies Mali”). And while the project’s vision does precede Sweven by a lot, its instrumentation inevitably ends up feeling distantly related (“Dearth”).

Endarkenment, Being & Death by Speglas

Endarkenment, Being & Death flows seamlessly from atmospheric to intense in various styles and tempos. Iron Maiden licks run amok throughout the album’s dual-harmonized guitar work (“Dearth,” “Rage upon the Dying Fire”) of course, but they’re not carrying the record alone. Gorgeous clean guitar parts (“Ailing,” “Dearth”) and sadboi tremolos (“Dies Mali”) accompany the superb rhythm and lead guitar efforts elsewhere. Parts of “The Endarkenment” even resemble Alcest by way of Spiritual Instinct’s fantastic post-black direction. All this leads to Speglas being progressive without it getting in the way of the music. In addition, a stellar production job only lifts up the band’s great stylistic choices. Simon Söderberg’s (whose production credits surprisingly include early Ghost) placement of drums and bass in the mix deserve special mention, as it makes an already good set of instruments sound incredible. Though not a massively layered or complex album, the combination of both songwriting and production depth makes for a highly repeatable experience.

Careful pacing allows Speglas to end their experiment with a triumphant bang instead of a whimper. Though the album could benefit from showing more teeth and grit at its most aggressive, the ending one-two punch of the album in “Dies Mali” and “Rage upon the Dying Fire” is a cornerstone hard to argue against. I wouldn’t be surprised if both end up being among my Song o’ the Year finalists. As for its softer side, the beauty of “Woe” and “Ailing” won’t change the minds of people diametrically opposed to intros and interludes. Some will say Speglas’s style is too watered down, others might think it’s not watered down enough. But I think Endarkenment… strikes a great balance in between, the music being both heavy and beautiful, intricate and addictingly catchy as a result.

You don’t need to reinvent the wheel to craft something that feels fresh and exemplary. Speglas took a long while to fine-tune their writing prowess for the debut, and it paid off in spades. Endarkenment, Being & Death succeeds in its primary goal as a superb example of progressive, deathened and blackened heavy metal. Despite not featuring any cowbell, I reckon it’ll be difficult for future 2026 albums to top this one come year-end. As the final recent n00b remaining who hadn’t broken the Score Safety Counter yet, I’m glad I held out this long for something remarkable. And I wasn’t even originally in charge of covering it!

Rating: Excellent
DR: 8 | Format Reviewed: 320 kbps MP3
Label: Trust No One Recordings | Bandcamp
Websites: Bandcamp | Facebook | Instagram
Releases Worldwide: February 27th, 2026

It’s not uncommon for death metal musicians to mellow and prog out the longer they roam this Earth. Far from a negative connotation, enough songwriting prowess can lead to a tasteful and potent way to carry out said development. One of many collectives in this category is the Morbus Chron expanded universe. These Swedes first went from classic death metal to Sweven, which eventually led to an even proggier Sweven. Now, in a further evolution following the Law of Increasing Hippietude™, we arrive at Speglas. Although predating Sweven by some five years, it took until now for the debut full-length Endarkenment, Being & Death to come to fruition. Their goal of fusing death and black metal with heavy metal, however, has remained the same throughout. With two degrees of staff and sound separation between Morbus Chron and Speglas, where has all this evolution led to?

The Sweven presence in the lineup of Speglas is noticeable from the get go. Isak Rosemarin (Sweven, ex-Morbus Chron) acts as half of the guitar crew and all of the vocal crew, lending the album a warm but powerful, raspy growl often reminiscent of Niilo Sevänen (Insomnium). Jesper Nyrelius’s (Sweven) drumming is varied and detailed (“The Spirit Postmortem,” “Hitherto Awry”). Alexi Hedlund’s guitar and Victor Berg’s bass round out the great performances of the lineup. Musically, Endarkenment… tends to fall somewhere between Inconcessus Lux Lucis’s blackened Iron Maiden approach (sadly gone unmentioned on site until now) and Chapel of Disease’s severely underrated deathened dad rock from 2024. Fans of Tribulation’s Down Below era might find a lot to like here as well. The songwriting builds upon their preceding EPs—2015’s Birth, Dreams & Death and 2022’s Time, Futility & Death—but improves on all aspects, nailing down the vocals and crafting a memorable dual guitar tandem (“Incessant Severance,” “Dies Mali”). And while the project’s vision does precede Sweven by a lot, its instrumentation inevitably ends up feeling distantly related (“Dearth”).

Endarkenment, Being & Death by Speglas

Endarkenment, Being & Death flows seamlessly from atmospheric to intense in various styles and tempos. Iron Maiden licks run amok throughout the album’s dual-harmonized guitar work (“Dearth,” “Rage upon the Dying Fire”) of course, but they’re not carrying the record alone. Gorgeous clean guitar parts (“Ailing,” “Dearth”) and sadboi tremolos (“Dies Mali”) accompany the superb rhythm and lead guitar efforts elsewhere. Parts of “The Endarkenment” even resemble Alcest by way of Spiritual Instinct’s fantastic post-black direction. All this leads to Speglas being progressive without it getting in the way of the music. In addition, a stellar production job only lifts up the band’s great stylistic choices. Simon Söderberg’s (whose production credits surprisingly include early Ghost) placement of drums and bass in the mix deserve special mention, as it makes an already good set of instruments sound incredible. Though not a massively layered or complex album, the combination of both songwriting and production depth makes for a highly repeatable experience.

Careful pacing allows Speglas to end their experiment with a triumphant bang instead of a whimper. Though the album could benefit from showing more teeth and grit at its most aggressive, the ending one-two punch of the album in “Dies Mali” and “Rage upon the Dying Fire” is a cornerstone hard to argue against. I wouldn’t be surprised if both end up being among my Song o’ the Year finalists. As for its softer side, the beauty of “Woe” and “Ailing” won’t change the minds of people diametrically opposed to intros and interludes. Some will say Speglas’s style is too watered down, others might think it’s not watered down enough. But I think Endarkenment… strikes a great balance in between, the music being both heavy and beautiful, intricate and addictingly catchy as a result.

You don’t need to reinvent the wheel to craft something that feels fresh and exemplary. Speglas took a long while to fine-tune their writing prowess for the debut, and it paid off in spades. Endarkenment, Being & Death succeeds in its primary goal as a superb example of progressive, deathened and blackened heavy metal. Despite not featuring any cowbell, I reckon it’ll be difficult for future 2026 albums to top this one come year-end. As the final recent n00b remaining who hadn’t broken the Score Safety Counter yet, I’m glad I held out this long for something remarkable. And I wasn’t even originally in charge of covering it!

Rating: Excellent
DR: 8 | Format Reviewed: 320 kbps MP3
Label: Trust No One Recordings | Bandcamp
Websites: Bandcamp | Facebook | Instagram
Releases Worldwide: February 27th, 2026

It’s not uncommon for death metal musicians to mellow and prog out the longer they roam this Earth. Far from a negative connotation, enough songwriting prowess can lead to a tasteful and potent way to carry out said development. One of many collectives in this category is the Morbus Chron expanded universe. These Swedes first went from classic death metal to Sweven, which eventually led to an even proggier Sweven. Now, in a further evolution following the Law of Increasing Hippietude™, we arrive at Speglas. Although predating Sweven by some five years, it took until now for the debut full-length Endarkenment, Being & Death to come to fruition. Their goal of fusing death and black metal with heavy metal, however, has remained the same throughout. With two degrees of staff and sound separation between Morbus Chron and Speglas, where has all this evolution led to?

The Sweven presence in the lineup of Speglas is noticeable from the get go. Isak Rosemarin (Sweven, ex-Morbus Chron) acts as half of the guitar crew and all of the vocal crew, lending the album a warm but powerful, raspy growl often reminiscent of Niilo Sevänen (Insomnium). Jesper Nyrelius’s (Sweven) drumming is varied and detailed (“The Spirit Postmortem,” “Hitherto Awry”). Alexi Hedlund’s guitar and Victor Berg’s bass round out the great performances of the lineup. Musically, Endarkenment… tends to fall somewhere between Inconcessus Lux Lucis’s blackened Iron Maiden approach (sadly gone unmentioned on site until now) and Chapel of Disease’s severely underrated deathened dad rock from 2024. Fans of Tribulation’s Down Below era might find a lot to like here as well. The songwriting builds upon their preceding EPs—2015’s Birth, Dreams & Death and 2022’s Time, Futility & Death—but improves on all aspects, nailing down the vocals and crafting a memorable dual guitar tandem (“Incessant Severance,” “Dies Mali”). And while the project’s vision does precede Sweven by a lot, its instrumentation inevitably ends up feeling distantly related (“Dearth”).

Endarkenment, Being & Death by Speglas

Endarkenment, Being & Death flows seamlessly from atmospheric to intense in various styles and tempos. Iron Maiden licks run amok throughout the album’s dual-harmonized guitar work (“Dearth,” “Rage upon the Dying Fire”) of course, but they’re not carrying the record alone. Gorgeous clean guitar parts (“Ailing,” “Dearth”) and sadboi tremolos (“Dies Mali”) accompany the superb rhythm and lead guitar efforts elsewhere. Parts of “The Endarkenment” even resemble Alcest by way of Spiritual Instinct’s fantastic post-black direction. All this leads to Speglas being progressive without it getting in the way of the music. In addition, a stellar production job only lifts up the band’s great stylistic choices. Simon Söderberg’s (whose production credits surprisingly include early Ghost) placement of drums and bass in the mix deserve special mention, as it makes an already good set of instruments sound incredible. Though not a massively layered or complex album, the combination of both songwriting and production depth makes for a highly repeatable experience.

Careful pacing allows Speglas to end their experiment with a triumphant bang instead of a whimper. Though the album could benefit from showing more teeth and grit at its most aggressive, the ending one-two punch of the album in “Dies Mali” and “Rage upon the Dying Fire” is a cornerstone hard to argue against. I wouldn’t be surprised if both end up being among my Song o’ the Year finalists. As for its softer side, the beauty of “Woe” and “Ailing” won’t change the minds of people diametrically opposed to intros and interludes. Some will say Speglas’s style is too watered down, others might think it’s not watered down enough. But I think Endarkenment… strikes a great balance in between, the music being both heavy and beautiful, intricate and addictingly catchy as a result.

You don’t need to reinvent the wheel to craft something that feels fresh and exemplary. Speglas took a long while to fine-tune their writing prowess for the debut, and it paid off in spades. Endarkenment, Being & Death succeeds in its primary goal as a superb example of progressive, deathened and blackened heavy metal. Despite not featuring any cowbell, I reckon it’ll be difficult for future 2026 albums to top this one come year-end. As the final recent n00b remaining who hadn’t broken the Score Safety Counter yet, I’m glad I held out this long for something remarkable. And I wasn’t even originally in charge of covering it!

Rating: Excellent
DR: 8 | Format Reviewed: 320 kbps MP3
Label: Trust No One Recordings | Bandcamp
Websites: Bandcamp | Facebook | Instagram
Releases Worldwide: February 27th, 2026

2024 has had so many killer releases across all sub genres in the metal space. It’s been very difficult to choose but here are the 10 releases that have had the biggest impression on us this year, in alphabetical order.

#Adorior - Bleed On My Teeth

#blackcurse - Burning in Celestial Poison

#bloodincantation - Absolute Elsewhere

#chapelofdisease - Echoes Of Light

#DeathLikeMass - The Lord of Flies

#deicide - Banished By Sin

#inquisition - Veneration Of Medieval Mysticism And Cosmological Violence

#kerryking - From Hell I Rise

#lorddying - Clandestine Transcendence

#OranssiPazuzu - Muuntautuja

2024 has had so many killer releases across all sub genres in the metal space. It’s been very difficult to choose but here are the 10 releases that have had the biggest impression on us this year, in alphabetical order.

#Adorior - Bleed On My Teeth

#blackcurse - Burning in Celestial Poison

#bloodincantation - Absolute Elsewhere

#chapelofdisease - Echoes Of Light

#DeathLikeMass - The Lord of Flies

#deicide - Banished By Sin

#inquisition - Veneration Of Medieval Mysticism And Cosmological Violence

#kerryking - From Hell I Rise

#lorddying - Clandestine Transcendence

#OranssiPazuzu - Muuntautuja

2024 has had so many killer releases across all sub genres in the metal space. It’s been very difficult to choose but here are the 10 releases that have had the biggest impression on us this year, in alphabetical order.

#Adorior - Bleed On My Teeth

#blackcurse - Burning in Celestial Poison

#bloodincantation - Absolute Elsewhere

#chapelofdisease - Echoes Of Light

#DeathLikeMass - The Lord of Flies

#deicide - Banished By Sin

#inquisition - Veneration Of Medieval Mysticism And Cosmological Violence

#kerryking - From Hell I Rise

#lorddying - Clandestine Transcendence

#OranssiPazuzu - Muuntautuja

2024 has had so many killer releases across all sub genres in the metal space. It’s been very difficult to choose but here are the 10 releases that have had the biggest impression on us this year, in alphabetical order.

#Adorior - Bleed On My Teeth

#blackcurse - Burning in Celestial Poison

#bloodincantation - Absolute Elsewhere

#chapelofdisease - Echoes Of Light

#DeathLikeMass - The Lord of Flies

#deicide - Banished By Sin

#inquisition - Veneration Of Medieval Mysticism And Cosmological Violence

#kerryking - From Hell I Rise

#lorddying - Clandestine Transcendence

#OranssiPazuzu - Muuntautuja

2024 has had so many killer releases across all sub genres in the metal space. It’s been very difficult to choose but here are the 10 releases that have had the biggest impression on us this year, in alphabetical order.

#Adorior - Bleed On My Teeth

#blackcurse - Burning in Celestial Poison

#bloodincantation - Absolute Elsewhere

#chapelofdisease - Echoes Of Light

#DeathLikeMass - The Lord of Flies

#deicide - Banished By Sin

#inquisition - Veneration Of Medieval Mysticism And Cosmological Violence

#kerryking - From Hell I Rise

#lorddying - Clandestine Transcendence

#OranssiPazuzu - Muuntautuja

2/2 Highlights of day two of #EindhovenMetalMeeting include #chapelofdisease #Soulburn and high energy thrashers #agentsteel

2/2 Highlights of day two of #EindhovenMetalMeeting include #chapelofdisease #Soulburn and high energy thrashers #agentsteel

Wer von euch zappt ebenfalls duster am 2./3.8.? https://www.blacksilence.de/event-details/zappenduster-festival-2024-1

#Uada #UntoOthers #Empyrium #Agrypnie #ChapelOfDisease #TheSpirit #AndOceans #Zappenduster

The #CelestialDarkness festival was a blast, and it was great to be back in London after so many years. We have a playlist that features the first two days and excellent bands #Dordeduh #Primordial #ChapelOfDisease #Vreid #OctoberTide and #AuraNoir Check it out! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-m3q8OeHDM&list=PLmn2ED1LqEvAog8hDaMaA76yXLqlZ0l6U

The #CelestialDarkness festival was a blast, and it was great to be back in London after so many years. We have a playlist that features the first two days and excellent bands #Dordeduh #Primordial #ChapelOfDisease #Vreid #OctoberTide and #AuraNoir Check it out! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-m3q8OeHDM&list=PLmn2ED1LqEvAog8hDaMaA76yXLqlZ0l6U

Due to time (and talent?) limitations, we couldn’t see all the acts of day two of #CelestialDarkness festival in London. Still we managed to catch #chapelofdisease #Vreid (who played a #Windir classic for the first time ever) #OctoberTide and #auranoir Four high quality acts one after the other, at the #camdenunderworld and #electricballroom Lucky us!

Due to time (and talent?) limitations, we couldn’t see all the acts of day two of #CelestialDarkness festival in London. Still we managed to catch #chapelofdisease #Vreid (who played a #Windir classic for the first time ever) #OctoberTide and #auranoir Four high quality acts one after the other, at the #camdenunderworld and #electricballroom Lucky us!

Abendprogramm #vinyl #ChapelofDisease

Abendprogramm #vinyl #ChapelofDisease

Abendprogramm #vinyl #ChapelofDisease

Abendprogramm #vinyl #ChapelofDisease

Abendprogramm #vinyl #ChapelofDisease

My Morbid Angel weekend has been interrupted by the new one from Chapel of Disease.

No complaints at the interruption.

#nowplaying #morbidangel #deathmetal #nowplaying #chapelofdisease

🤘 🤘

My Morbid Angel weekend has been interrupted by the new one from Chapel of Disease.

No complaints at the interruption.

#nowplaying #morbidangel #deathmetal #nowplaying #chapelofdisease

🤘 🤘

#chapelofdisease new released Album first listen through... #music https://chapelofdisease.bandcamp.com/album/echoes-of-light

#chapelofdisease new released Album first listen through... #music https://chapelofdisease.bandcamp.com/album/echoes-of-light

#chapelofdisease new released Album first listen through... #music https://chapelofdisease.bandcamp.com/album/echoes-of-light

#chapelofdisease new released Album first listen through... #music https://chapelofdisease.bandcamp.com/album/echoes-of-light

#chapelofdisease new released Album first listen through... #music https://chapelofdisease.bandcamp.com/album/echoes-of-light

Chapel of Disease – Echoes of Light Review

By Steel Druhm

Evolution is hard to avoid. Humans evolved over the eons, and each individual evolves as they grow older and experiences the outside world (except for Steel and Doc Grier). Bands inevitably evolve as well as members grow in ability and outside influences creep into their sound. It seems evolution eventually finds every band to some degree (except Sodom). That brings us to the fourth album by Germany’s Chapel of Disease. If a band like AC/DC seemed especially resistant to change over their career, these oddballs had an open-door policy, progressing from a fairly traditional death metal sound toward ever more proggy, spacey soundscapes with each successive release. Echoes of Light continues this trend, moving the band further away from their OSDM roots and out further into prog environs. As Echoes of Light unfurls, you will hear 70s prog, shoegaze, dream pop and all the things in between. You might even catch fleeting glimpses of metal too. Your appreciation for what Echoes of Light offers will entirely depend on what you go in looking to find.

The album opens with three songs pushing or exceeding the 8-minute mark, so you know Chapel of Disease have a lot of ideas they want to air out. The opening title track comes to life slowly, offering a mild rock sound that becomes more and more urgent with gothy guitar work eventually joined by the death-lite barks of Laurent Teubl. It’s not all that far from what Tribulation and Moonspell did before, but it’s mellower and more restrained. Much of the song length is occupied by subdued noodling and introspective pluckery, with little here to remind you these chaps were ever a death metal band. Even the blast beats that erupt toward the end feel neutered and domesticated. Much more engaging is album high point “A Death Though No Loss” where the band puts their foot on the gas and brings more aggression to the coffee house open mic night. The guitar work is urgent and sharp, and this one feels more “metal.” It reminds me of Morbus Chron and though the band can’t resist musical side quests into snoozy, dreamy segments, it’s still a pretty entertaining number. “Shallow Nights” changes gears radically, taking you straight into Lake of Tears mopey goth rock and stranding you there as the band dabbles in grey moods and rainy day ennui. It’s pretty but it gets quite dull by the end of its 8-minute run.

“Gold/Dust” offers an interesting blend of the band’s many influences, shifting between goth rock idioms, Alcestian dreamy, shoegazery, and more urgent metal-adjacent guitar play. It’s the one song here I wish was longer, where I spent the rest of the time wishing other songs were shorter. By the time the album winds out, you realize Chapel of Disease is as far away from their death metal roots as they’ve ever been. Echoes of Light is not only less OSDM, it’s way less metal of any kind. This is a proggy, dreamy goth rock album with metal seasoning, and that’s okay if that’s what you like. The album sounds great, with a warm, inviting production where everything is crystal clear and vibrant. The 42 minutes don’t feel overly long, but certain songs do.

Laurent and Cedric Teubl are talented guitarists capable of mining numerous genres for inspiration, and they throw a lot of diverse styles at the wall throughout the album to see what sticks. A lot of what they do this time has roots in goth rock, with a goodly amount of shoegaze and dream pop inspiration in their strumming as well. I hear a lot of Anathema, Alcest, Lake of Tears, and Deafheaven, but very little in the vein of death metal. Laurent’s vocals drift from rough barks to clean croons, and he does the material justice, but I find myself wishing for more aggression from him. Maybe I just want the things that the band already left in the past, which makes that a me problem.

I’ve enjoyed the evolutionary process that Chapel of Disease underwent from 2012 onward, but with Echoes of Light, it seems they’ve reached a new form that no longer resonates. It’s all well executed and showcases the band’s creativity, but the absence of aggression, edge, and intensity makes it a harder sell for those who crave a bit more FIIIII-YAH!! Interesting, but no longer within my wheelhouse because I’m an unevolved ape beast.

Rating: 2.5/5.0
DR: 7 | Format Reviewed: 320 kbps mp3
Label: Van Records
Website: facebook.com/chapelofdisease
Releases Worldwide: February 9th, 2024

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Chapel of Disease – Echoes of Light Review

By Steel Druhm

Evolution is hard to avoid. Humans evolved over the eons, and each individual evolves as they grow older and experiences the outside world (except for Steel and Doc Grier). Bands inevitably evolve as well as members grow in ability and outside influences creep into their sound. It seems evolution eventually finds every band to some degree (except Sodom). That brings us to the fourth album by Germany’s Chapel of Disease. If a band like AC/DC seemed especially resistant to change over their career, these oddballs had an open-door policy, progressing from a fairly traditional death metal sound toward ever more proggy, spacey soundscapes with each successive release. Echoes of Light continues this trend, moving the band further away from their OSDM roots and out further into prog environs. As Echoes of Light unfurls, you will hear 70s prog, shoegaze, dream pop and all the things in between. You might even catch fleeting glimpses of metal too. Your appreciation for what Echoes of Light offers will entirely depend on what you go in looking to find.

The album opens with three songs pushing or exceeding the 8-minute mark, so you know Chapel of Disease have a lot of ideas they want to air out. The opening title track comes to life slowly, offering a mild rock sound that becomes more and more urgent with gothy guitar work eventually joined by the death-lite barks of Laurent Teubl. It’s not all that far from what Tribulation and Moonspell did before, but it’s mellower and more restrained. Much of the song length is occupied by subdued noodling and introspective pluckery, with little here to remind you these chaps were ever a death metal band. Even the blast beats that erupt toward the end feel neutered and domesticated. Much more engaging is album high point “A Death Though No Loss” where the band puts their foot on the gas and brings more aggression to the coffee house open mic night. The guitar work is urgent and sharp, and this one feels more “metal.” It reminds me of Morbus Chron and though the band can’t resist musical side quests into snoozy, dreamy segments, it’s still a pretty entertaining number. “Shallow Nights” changes gears radically, taking you straight into Lake of Tears mopey goth rock and stranding you there as the band dabbles in grey moods and rainy day ennui. It’s pretty but it gets quite dull by the end of its 8-minute run.

“Gold/Dust” offers an interesting blend of the band’s many influences, shifting between goth rock idioms, Alcestian dreamy, shoegazery, and more urgent metal-adjacent guitar play. It’s the one song here I wish was longer, where I spent the rest of the time wishing other songs were shorter. By the time the album winds out, you realize Chapel of Disease is as far away from their death metal roots as they’ve ever been. Echoes of Light is not only less OSDM, it’s way less metal of any kind. This is a proggy, dreamy goth rock album with metal seasoning, and that’s okay if that’s what you like. The album sounds great, with a warm, inviting production where everything is crystal clear and vibrant. The 42 minutes don’t feel overly long, but certain songs do.

Laurent and Cedric Teubl are talented guitarists capable of mining numerous genres for inspiration, and they throw a lot of diverse styles at the wall throughout the album to see what sticks. A lot of what they do this time has roots in goth rock, with a goodly amount of shoegaze and dream pop inspiration in their strumming as well. I hear a lot of Anathema, Alcest, Lake of Tears, and Deafheaven, but very little in the vein of death metal. Laurent’s vocals drift from rough barks to clean croons, and he does the material justice, but I find myself wishing for more aggression from him. Maybe I just want the things that the band already left in the past, which makes that a me problem.

I’ve enjoyed the evolutionary process that Chapel of Disease underwent from 2012 onward, but with Echoes of Light, it seems they’ve reached a new form that no longer resonates. It’s all well executed and showcases the band’s creativity, but the absence of aggression, edge, and intensity makes it a harder sell for those who crave a bit more FIIIII-YAH!! Interesting, but no longer within my wheelhouse because I’m an unevolved ape beast.

Rating: 2.5/5.0
DR: 7 | Format Reviewed: 320 kbps mp3
Label: Van Records
Website: facebook.com/chapelofdisease
Releases Worldwide: February 9th, 2024

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