#rapture — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #rapture, aggregated by home.social.
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Would you accept a high-paying job at the United Nations Imperium of Total Emergency (UNITE)?
#athiefinthenight #movies #rapture #evangelism #christianity #christianmovies #unitednations #unite #antichrist #markofthebeast #employment #jobs -
“Rubens, for instance, takes a gross pleasure in female flesh, rendering it truthfully from lack of imagination and analysis. Idealist painters like Bourgereau awake to the divergence between Nature and their academic standards of Beauty, falsify the facts in order to delude themselves. The greatest, like Rembrandt, paint a gallant, a hag, and a carcass with equal passion and rapture; they love the truth as it is. They do not admit that anything can be ugly or evil; its existence justifies itself. This is because they know themselves to be part of an harmonious unity; to disdain any item of it would be to blaspheme the whole.” https://library.hrmtc.com/2026/04/30/rubens-for-instance-takes-a-gross-pleasure-in-female-flesh-rendering-it-truthfully-from-lack-of-imagination-and-analysis-idealist-painters-like-bourgereau-awake-to-the-divergence-between-nature/ #academicStandards #aleisterCrowley #analysis #anyItem #asItIs #awake #beauty #blaspheme #book #carcass #deludeThemselves #disdain #divergence #doNotAdmit #equal #Evil #existence #facts #falsify #femaleFlesh #forInstance #gallant #greatest #grossPleasure #hag #harmoniousUnity #idealistPainters #inOrderTo #justifies #knowThemselves #lackOfImagination #liberLegis #love #nature #NewComment #paint #passion #PeterPaulRubens #quote #rapture #Rembrandt #rendering #takes #TheBookOfTheLaw #truth #truthfully #ugly #whole #WilliamAdolpheBouguereau -
The Christianity of Vance, Hegseth, and Rollins is a blood-and-soil Christianity.
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Self-described "Christian numerologist" David Meade said OTD in 2018 that an object called "Nibiru" would approach Earth within 2 weeks and presage the #Rapture; it did not https://toilet-guru.com/overview-faith.html?s=mb #prophecy #apocalypse #Nibiru #PlanetX
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Self-described "Christian numerologist" David Meade said OTD in 2018 that an object called "Nibiru" would approach Earth within 2 weeks and presage the #Rapture; it did not https://toilet-guru.com/overview-faith.html?s=mb #prophecy #apocalypse #Nibiru #PlanetX
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Self-described "Christian numerologist" David Meade said OTD in 2018 that an object called "Nibiru" would approach Earth within 2 weeks and presage the #Rapture; it did not https://toilet-guru.com/overview-faith.html?s=mb #prophecy #apocalypse #Nibiru #PlanetX
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The Crusades 2026, a repeat of the holy wars, dressed up as patriotism and Christian Nationalism, with similar motivations of the popes, kings and emperors during the Middle Ages.
Only this one has King Trump proded along by Peter Hegseth and the Christian Nationalists, who think they are making way for the second coming of the Messiah and the Rapture.
Unfortunately, this modern 'Crusade' is already having the same devastating effect on the World as the they did 1000 years ago.
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/april-4-2026
#Trump #Hegseth #ChristianNationalism #crusades #rapture #God #idiocracy
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Ethereal Darkness – Echoes Review By Steel DruhmWay back in the year before the Great Plague, I took a chance and reviewed an unheralded, self-released album by a one-man band from Belgium called Ethereal Darkness. We received the promo from the AMG contact forms without fanfare or fluff, but what I heard on Smoke and Shadows really impressed me. Project mastermind Lars created a monumental slab of melancholic, melodic doom in the vein of Insomnium, Rapture, and Before the Dawn, and the material had depth, power, and gravitas. It seemed like the work of a seasoned and polished group of musicians despite some rough edges. The years have drifted by since that review, and I’d all but given up Ethereal Darkness for dead. Imagine my surprise when Lars reached out recently to alert me to the pending release of his second album, Echoes. 6 years on, the solo project is now a full-fledged band ready to tour in support of their latest release. And what a large release it is! At 60 minutes, Echoes takes the style from the debut and goes way bigger, with much longer compositions and greater ambition in the writing. If that’s not big enough, it also features cover art from Adam Burke and a production from Dan “The Fücking Man” Swanö!1 Is bigger better in this case? Can more really be MOAR? And how are these guys still unsigned?? These are the questions of our time.
It takes ample ballsack to open with a nearly 11-minute song, but Ethereal Darkness do just that with “Gone With the Tide.” If the atmosphere on Smoke and Shadows impressed you, this will knock you into the next multiverse. It’s an epic, sweeping tableau of massive melodoom that holds nothing back as it transports you to majestic forests and towering mountains of snow and ice. It recalls the best works of Be’lakor and Black Sun Aeon, but there’s plenty of Insomnium in the DNA too. The guitarwork is phenomenal, full of sadboi trilling and doomy weight. The death vocals by Lars are very effective, the clean singing by acoustic guitarist Brecht hits the right way, and the lapses into blastbeating blackness are well-timed adrenaline spikes. This is a stupendous song and one of the best so far this year, and it goes by in a flash despite its girth. “The Cycle” continues to maintain the sky-high quality. It’s like a crazy mash-up of Eneferens and modern Amorphis, and you should pay big money for such a potent potable. It’s the kind of song you get lost in and lose track of time, and when you write songs in the 8-10 minute window, this is essential.
Elsewhere, “Winter” moves toward more blackened environs, channeling Saor and Nechochwen as epic soundscapes are raised and explored. The guitars here are beautifully rendered, and it’s another triumph for this unheralded project. Equally monolithic is “On the Edge of the Cliff,” where the music turns more aggressive and urgent, merging black and melodeath idioms adroitly for maximum impact. There’s an epic Viking metal energy here that makes you want to conquer and rule the weak, and it feels dangerously powerful. Despite so much magnificent opulence and aural decadence, there are some weaker moments. “IV” is very, very good and hints at my beloved Rapture, but it ends up feeling too long at 9:45, and trimming it by a few minutes would have helped. Ginormous closer “Realization” runs over 13 minutes, and despite good to great moments throughout, it’s undone by its sheer width and breadth. In its final minutes, I find it increasingly difficult to stay locked in and attentive. At just over 60 minutes, Echoes can be a daunting listen due to its density and length, but the reward is well worth the effort. I can’t find fault with the Swanö-ified production, as everything sounds lush, gorgeous, and heavy without being loud or oppressive.
Lars handles guitar, bass, keyboards, and harsh vocals, and to say he did an amazing job across the board doesn’t begin to cover it. There are some big, emotional moments here courtesy of his 6-string heroics, referencing the works of Tuomas Saukkonen without imitating. His deep death roars punctuate the music with force, and his blackened cackles and screams pierce through like lasers. His restrained use of keyboards should be a case study for other acts in the genre. They add atmosphere but rarely rise out of the distant background. Becht provides soothing acoustic guitar passages and clean vocals that deliver pathos and emotion. Peter’s drumming is a vast improvement over the programmed percussion from the debut, imbuing the material with vibrancy and weight. Applause all around for this crew!
Echoes is a bigger, better album than Smoke and Shadows in every way, with several tracks worthy of Song o’ the Year consideration. The album length and the bloat on a few tracks hold it back from even greater heights, but just barely. This is a sumptuous feast for the ears and mind, and I get the feeling I’ll be spending a lot of time with this over the next few months. Ethereal Darkness are about to get a lot more attention in the metalverse, and they deserve it. Hear this massive monster or be a lesser mortal. Somebody better sign these guys toot-sweet!
Rating: 4.0/5.0
#2026 #40 #Amorphis #BeLakor #BeforeTheDawn #BelgianMetal #BlackMetal #DeathMetal #DoomMetal #Echoes #Eneferens #EtherealDarkness #Insomnium #Mar26 #MelodicDeathMetal #Nechochwen #Rapture #Review #Reviews #Saor #SelfRelase #SmokeAndShadows
DR: NA | Format Reviewed: WAV
Label: Self-Release
Websites: etherealdarkness.bandcamp.com | facebook.com/etherealplace | instagram.com/etherealdarknessband
Releases Worldwide: March 20th, 2026 -
Ethereal Darkness – Echoes Review By Steel DruhmWay back in the year before the Great Plague, I took a chance and reviewed an unheralded, self-released album by a one-man band from Belgium called Ethereal Darkness. We received the promo from the AMG contact forms without fanfare or fluff, but what I heard on Smoke and Shadows really impressed me. Project mastermind Lars created a monumental slab of melancholic, melodic doom in the vein of Insomnium, Rapture, and Before the Dawn, and the material had depth, power, and gravitas. It seemed like the work of a seasoned and polished group of musicians despite some rough edges. The years have drifted by since that review, and I’d all but given up Ethereal Darkness for dead. Imagine my surprise when Lars reached out recently to alert me to the pending release of his second album, Echoes. 6 years on, the solo project is now a full-fledged band ready to tour in support of their latest release. And what a large release it is! At 60 minutes, Echoes takes the style from the debut and goes way bigger, with much longer compositions and greater ambition in the writing. If that’s not big enough, it also features cover art from Adam Burke and a production from Dan “The Fücking Man” Swanö!1 Is bigger better in this case? Can more really be MOAR? And how are these guys still unsigned?? These are the questions of our time.
It takes ample ballsack to open with a nearly 11-minute song, but Ethereal Darkness do just that with “Gone With the Tide.” If the atmosphere on Smoke and Shadows impressed you, this will knock you into the next multiverse. It’s an epic, sweeping tableau of massive melodoom that holds nothing back as it transports you to majestic forests and towering mountains of snow and ice. It recalls the best works of Be’lakor and Black Sun Aeon, but there’s plenty of Insomnium in the DNA too. The guitarwork is phenomenal, full of sadboi trilling and doomy weight. The death vocals by Lars are very effective, the clean singing by acoustic guitarist Brecht hits the right way, and the lapses into blastbeating blackness are well-timed adrenaline spikes. This is a stupendous song and one of the best so far this year, and it goes by in a flash despite its girth. “The Cycle” continues to maintain the sky-high quality. It’s like a crazy mash-up of Eneferens and modern Amorphis, and you should pay big money for such a potent potable. It’s the kind of song you get lost in and lose track of time, and when you write songs in the 8-10 minute window, this is essential.
Elsewhere, “Winter” moves toward more blackened environs, channeling Saor and Nechochwen as epic soundscapes are raised and explored. The guitars here are beautifully rendered, and it’s another triumph for this unheralded project. Equally monolithic is “On the Edge of the Cliff,” where the music turns more aggressive and urgent, merging black and melodeath idioms adroitly for maximum impact. There’s an epic Viking metal energy here that makes you want to conquer and rule the weak, and it feels dangerously powerful. Despite so much magnificent opulence and aural decadence, there are some weaker moments. “IV” is very, very good and hints at my beloved Rapture, but it ends up feeling too long at 9:45, and trimming it by a few minutes would have helped. Ginormous closer “Realization” runs over 13 minutes, and despite good to great moments throughout, it’s undone by its sheer width and breadth. In its final minutes, I find it increasingly difficult to stay locked in and attentive. At just over 60 minutes, Echoes can be a daunting listen due to its density and length, but the reward is well worth the effort. I can’t find fault with the Swanö-ified production, as everything sounds lush, gorgeous, and heavy without being loud or oppressive.
Lars handles guitar, bass, keyboards, and harsh vocals, and to say he did an amazing job across the board doesn’t begin to cover it. There are some big, emotional moments here courtesy of his 6-string heroics, referencing the works of Tuomas Saukkonen without imitating. His deep death roars punctuate the music with force, and his blackened cackles and screams pierce through like lasers. His restrained use of keyboards should be a case study for other acts in the genre. They add atmosphere but rarely rise out of the distant background. Becht provides soothing acoustic guitar passages and clean vocals that deliver pathos and emotion. Peter’s drumming is a vast improvement over the programmed percussion from the debut, imbuing the material with vibrancy and weight. Applause all around for this crew!
Echoes is a bigger, better album than Smoke and Shadows in every way, with several tracks worthy of Song o’ the Year consideration. The album length and the bloat on a few tracks hold it back from even greater heights, but just barely. This is a sumptuous feast for the ears and mind, and I get the feeling I’ll be spending a lot of time with this over the next few months. Ethereal Darkness are about to get a lot more attention in the metalverse, and they deserve it. Hear this massive monster or be a lesser mortal. Somebody better sign these guys toot-sweet!
Rating: 4.0/5.0
#2026 #40 #Amorphis #BeLakor #BeforeTheDawn #BelgianMetal #BlackMetal #DeathMetal #DoomMetal #Echoes #Eneferens #EtherealDarkness #Insomnium #Mar26 #MelodicDeathMetal #Nechochwen #Rapture #Review #Reviews #Saor #SelfRelase #SmokeAndShadows
DR: NA | Format Reviewed: WAV
Label: Self-Release
Websites: etherealdarkness.bandcamp.com | facebook.com/etherealplace | instagram.com/etherealdarknessband
Releases Worldwide: March 20th, 2026 -
Ethereal Darkness – Echoes Review By Steel DruhmWay back in the year before the Great Plague, I took a chance and reviewed an unheralded, self-released album by a one-man band from Belgium called Ethereal Darkness. We received the promo from the AMG contact forms without fanfare or fluff, but what I heard on Smoke and Shadows really impressed me. Project mastermind Lars created a monumental slab of melancholic, melodic doom in the vein of Insomnium, Rapture, and Before the Dawn, and the material had depth, power, and gravitas. It seemed like the work of a seasoned and polished group of musicians despite some rough edges. The years have drifted by since that review, and I’d all but given up Ethereal Darkness for dead. Imagine my surprise when Lars reached out recently to alert me to the pending release of his second album, Echoes. 6 years on, the solo project is now a full-fledged band ready to tour in support of their latest release. And what a large release it is! At 60 minutes, Echoes takes the style from the debut and goes way bigger, with much longer compositions and greater ambition in the writing. If that’s not big enough, it also features cover art from Adam Burke and a production from Dan “The Fücking Man” Swanö!1 Is bigger better in this case? Can more really be MOAR? And how are these guys still unsigned?? These are the questions of our time.
It takes ample ballsack to open with a nearly 11-minute song, but Ethereal Darkness do just that with “Gone With the Tide.” If the atmosphere on Smoke and Shadows impressed you, this will knock you into the next multiverse. It’s an epic, sweeping tableau of massive melodoom that holds nothing back as it transports you to majestic forests and towering mountains of snow and ice. It recalls the best works of Be’lakor and Black Sun Aeon, but there’s plenty of Insomnium in the DNA too. The guitarwork is phenomenal, full of sadboi trilling and doomy weight. The death vocals by Lars are very effective, the clean singing by acoustic guitarist Brecht hits the right way, and the lapses into blastbeating blackness are well-timed adrenaline spikes. This is a stupendous song and one of the best so far this year, and it goes by in a flash despite its girth. “The Cycle” continues to maintain the sky-high quality. It’s like a crazy mash-up of Eneferens and modern Amorphis, and you should pay big money for such a potent potable. It’s the kind of song you get lost in and lose track of time, and when you write songs in the 8-10 minute window, this is essential.
Elsewhere, “Winter” moves toward more blackened environs, channeling Saor and Nechochwen as epic soundscapes are raised and explored. The guitars here are beautifully rendered, and it’s another triumph for this unheralded project. Equally monolithic is “On the Edge of the Cliff,” where the music turns more aggressive and urgent, merging black and melodeath idioms adroitly for maximum impact. There’s an epic Viking metal energy here that makes you want to conquer and rule the weak, and it feels dangerously powerful. Despite so much magnificent opulence and aural decadence, there are some weaker moments. “IV” is very, very good and hints at my beloved Rapture, but it ends up feeling too long at 9:45, and trimming it by a few minutes would have helped. Ginormous closer “Realization” runs over 13 minutes, and despite good to great moments throughout, it’s undone by its sheer width and breadth. In its final minutes, I find it increasingly difficult to stay locked in and attentive. At just over 60 minutes, Echoes can be a daunting listen due to its density and length, but the reward is well worth the effort. I can’t find fault with the Swanö-ified production, as everything sounds lush, gorgeous, and heavy without being loud or oppressive.
Lars handles guitar, bass, keyboards, and harsh vocals, and to say he did an amazing job across the board doesn’t begin to cover it. There are some big, emotional moments here courtesy of his 6-string heroics, referencing the works of Tuomas Saukkonen without imitating. His deep death roars punctuate the music with force, and his blackened cackles and screams pierce through like lasers. His restrained use of keyboards should be a case study for other acts in the genre. They add atmosphere but rarely rise out of the distant background. Becht provides soothing acoustic guitar passages and clean vocals that deliver pathos and emotion. Peter’s drumming is a vast improvement over the programmed percussion from the debut, imbuing the material with vibrancy and weight. Applause all around for this crew!
Echoes is a bigger, better album than Smoke and Shadows in every way, with several tracks worthy of Song o’ the Year consideration. The album length and the bloat on a few tracks hold it back from even greater heights, but just barely. This is a sumptuous feast for the ears and mind, and I get the feeling I’ll be spending a lot of time with this over the next few months. Ethereal Darkness are about to get a lot more attention in the metalverse, and they deserve it. Hear this massive monster or be a lesser mortal. Somebody better sign these guys toot-sweet!
Rating: 4.0/5.0
#2026 #40 #Amorphis #BeLakor #BeforeTheDawn #BelgianMetal #BlackMetal #DeathMetal #DoomMetal #Echoes #Eneferens #EtherealDarkness #Insomnium #Mar26 #MelodicDeathMetal #Nechochwen #Rapture #Review #Reviews #Saor #SelfRelase #SmokeAndShadows
DR: NA | Format Reviewed: WAV
Label: Self-Release
Websites: etherealdarkness.bandcamp.com | facebook.com/etherealplace | instagram.com/etherealdarknessband
Releases Worldwide: March 20th, 2026 -
Ethereal Darkness – Echoes Review By Steel DruhmWay back in the year before the Great Plague, I took a chance and reviewed an unheralded, self-released album by a one-man band from Belgium called Ethereal Darkness. We received the promo from the AMG contact forms without fanfare or fluff, but what I heard on Smoke and Shadows really impressed me. Project mastermind Lars created a monumental slab of melancholic, melodic doom in the vein of Insomnium, Rapture, and Before the Dawn, and the material had depth, power, and gravitas. It seemed like the work of a seasoned and polished group of musicians despite some rough edges. The years have drifted by since that review, and I’d all but given up Ethereal Darkness for dead. Imagine my surprise when Lars reached out recently to alert me to the pending release of his second album, Echoes. 6 years on, the solo project is now a full-fledged band ready to tour in support of their latest release. And what a large release it is! At 60 minutes, Echoes takes the style from the debut and goes way bigger, with much longer compositions and greater ambition in the writing. If that’s not big enough, it also features cover art from Adam Burke and a production from Dan “The Fücking Man” Swanö!1 Is bigger better in this case? Can more really be MOAR? And how are these guys still unsigned?? These are the questions of our time.
It takes ample ballsack to open with a nearly 11-minute song, but Ethereal Darkness do just that with “Gone With the Tide.” If the atmosphere on Smoke and Shadows impressed you, this will knock you into the next multiverse. It’s an epic, sweeping tableau of massive melodoom that holds nothing back as it transports you to majestic forests and towering mountains of snow and ice. It recalls the best works of Be’lakor and Black Sun Aeon, but there’s plenty of Insomnium in the DNA too. The guitarwork is phenomenal, full of sadboi trilling and doomy weight. The death vocals by Lars are very effective, the clean singing by acoustic guitarist Brecht hits the right way, and the lapses into blastbeating blackness are well-timed adrenaline spikes. This is a stupendous song and one of the best so far this year, and it goes by in a flash despite its girth. “The Cycle” continues to maintain the sky-high quality. It’s like a crazy mash-up of Eneferens and modern Amorphis, and you should pay big money for such a potent potable. It’s the kind of song you get lost in and lose track of time, and when you write songs in the 8-10 minute window, this is essential.
Elsewhere, “Winter” moves toward more blackened environs, channeling Saor and Nechochwen as epic soundscapes are raised and explored. The guitars here are beautifully rendered, and it’s another triumph for this unheralded project. Equally monolithic is “On the Edge of the Cliff,” where the music turns more aggressive and urgent, merging black and melodeath idioms adroitly for maximum impact. There’s an epic Viking metal energy here that makes you want to conquer and rule the weak, and it feels dangerously powerful. Despite so much magnificent opulence and aural decadence, there are some weaker moments. “IV” is very, very good and hints at my beloved Rapture, but it ends up feeling too long at 9:45, and trimming it by a few minutes would have helped. Ginormous closer “Realization” runs over 13 minutes, and despite good to great moments throughout, it’s undone by its sheer width and breadth. In its final minutes, I find it increasingly difficult to stay locked in and attentive. At just over 60 minutes, Echoes can be a daunting listen due to its density and length, but the reward is well worth the effort. I can’t find fault with the Swanö-ified production, as everything sounds lush, gorgeous, and heavy without being loud or oppressive.
Lars handles guitar, bass, keyboards, and harsh vocals, and to say he did an amazing job across the board doesn’t begin to cover it. There are some big, emotional moments here courtesy of his 6-string heroics, referencing the works of Tuomas Saukkonen without imitating. His deep death roars punctuate the music with force, and his blackened cackles and screams pierce through like lasers. His restrained use of keyboards should be a case study for other acts in the genre. They add atmosphere but rarely rise out of the distant background. Becht provides soothing acoustic guitar passages and clean vocals that deliver pathos and emotion. Peter’s drumming is a vast improvement over the programmed percussion from the debut, imbuing the material with vibrancy and weight. Applause all around for this crew!
Echoes is a bigger, better album than Smoke and Shadows in every way, with several tracks worthy of Song o’ the Year consideration. The album length and the bloat on a few tracks hold it back from even greater heights, but just barely. This is a sumptuous feast for the ears and mind, and I get the feeling I’ll be spending a lot of time with this over the next few months. Ethereal Darkness are about to get a lot more attention in the metalverse, and they deserve it. Hear this massive monster or be a lesser mortal. Somebody better sign these guys toot-sweet!
Rating: 4.0/5.0
#2026 #40 #Amorphis #BeLakor #BeforeTheDawn #BelgianMetal #BlackMetal #DeathMetal #DoomMetal #Echoes #Eneferens #EtherealDarkness #Insomnium #Mar26 #MelodicDeathMetal #Nechochwen #Rapture #Review #Reviews #Saor #SelfRelase #SmokeAndShadows
DR: NA | Format Reviewed: WAV
Label: Self-Release
Websites: etherealdarkness.bandcamp.com | facebook.com/etherealplace | instagram.com/etherealdarknessband
Releases Worldwide: March 20th, 2026 -
Ethereal Darkness – Echoes Review By Steel DruhmWay back in the year before the Great Plague, I took a chance and reviewed an unheralded, self-released album by a one-man band from Belgium called Ethereal Darkness. We received the promo from the AMG contact forms without fanfare or fluff, but what I heard on Smoke and Shadows really impressed me. Project mastermind Lars created a monumental slab of melancholic, melodic doom in the vein of Insomnium, Rapture, and Before the Dawn, and the material had depth, power, and gravitas. It seemed like the work of a seasoned and polished group of musicians despite some rough edges. The years have drifted by since that review, and I’d all but given up Ethereal Darkness for dead. Imagine my surprise when Lars reached out recently to alert me to the pending release of his second album, Echoes. 6 years on, the solo project is now a full-fledged band ready to tour in support of their latest release. And what a large release it is! At 60 minutes, Echoes takes the style from the debut and goes way bigger, with much longer compositions and greater ambition in the writing. If that’s not big enough, it also features cover art from Adam Burke and a production from Dan “The Fücking Man” Swanö!1 Is bigger better in this case? Can more really be MOAR? And how are these guys still unsigned?? These are the questions of our time.
It takes ample ballsack to open with a nearly 11-minute song, but Ethereal Darkness do just that with “Gone With the Tide.” If the atmosphere on Smoke and Shadows impressed you, this will knock you into the next multiverse. It’s an epic, sweeping tableau of massive melodoom that holds nothing back as it transports you to majestic forests and towering mountains of snow and ice. It recalls the best works of Be’lakor and Black Sun Aeon, but there’s plenty of Insomnium in the DNA too. The guitarwork is phenomenal, full of sadboi trilling and doomy weight. The death vocals by Lars are very effective, the clean singing by acoustic guitarist Brecht hits the right way, and the lapses into blastbeating blackness are well-timed adrenaline spikes. This is a stupendous song and one of the best so far this year, and it goes by in a flash despite its girth. “The Cycle” continues to maintain the sky-high quality. It’s like a crazy mash-up of Eneferens and modern Amorphis, and you should pay big money for such a potent potable. It’s the kind of song you get lost in and lose track of time, and when you write songs in the 8-10 minute window, this is essential.
Elsewhere, “Winter” moves toward more blackened environs, channeling Saor and Nechochwen as epic soundscapes are raised and explored. The guitars here are beautifully rendered, and it’s another triumph for this unheralded project. Equally monolithic is “On the Edge of the Cliff,” where the music turns more aggressive and urgent, merging black and melodeath idioms adroitly for maximum impact. There’s an epic Viking metal energy here that makes you want to conquer and rule the weak, and it feels dangerously powerful. Despite so much magnificent opulence and aural decadence, there are some weaker moments. “IV” is very, very good and hints at my beloved Rapture, but it ends up feeling too long at 9:45, and trimming it by a few minutes would have helped. Ginormous closer “Realization” runs over 13 minutes, and despite good to great moments throughout, it’s undone by its sheer width and breadth. In its final minutes, I find it increasingly difficult to stay locked in and attentive. At just over 60 minutes, Echoes can be a daunting listen due to its density and length, but the reward is well worth the effort. I can’t find fault with the Swanö-ified production, as everything sounds lush, gorgeous, and heavy without being loud or oppressive.
Lars handles guitar, bass, keyboards, and harsh vocals, and to say he did an amazing job across the board doesn’t begin to cover it. There are some big, emotional moments here courtesy of his 6-string heroics, referencing the works of Tuomas Saukkonen without imitating. His deep death roars punctuate the music with force, and his blackened cackles and screams pierce through like lasers. His restrained use of keyboards should be a case study for other acts in the genre. They add atmosphere but rarely rise out of the distant background. Becht provides soothing acoustic guitar passages and clean vocals that deliver pathos and emotion. Peter’s drumming is a vast improvement over the programmed percussion from the debut, imbuing the material with vibrancy and weight. Applause all around for this crew!
Echoes is a bigger, better album than Smoke and Shadows in every way, with several tracks worthy of Song o’ the Year consideration. The album length and the bloat on a few tracks hold it back from even greater heights, but just barely. This is a sumptuous feast for the ears and mind, and I get the feeling I’ll be spending a lot of time with this over the next few months. Ethereal Darkness are about to get a lot more attention in the metalverse, and they deserve it. Hear this massive monster or be a lesser mortal. Somebody better sign these guys toot-sweet!
Rating: 4.0/5.0
#2026 #40 #Amorphis #BeLakor #BeforeTheDawn #BelgianMetal #BlackMetal #DeathMetal #DoomMetal #Echoes #Eneferens #EtherealDarkness #Insomnium #Mar26 #MelodicDeathMetal #Nechochwen #Rapture #Review #Reviews #Saor #SelfRelase #SmokeAndShadows
DR: NA | Format Reviewed: WAV
Label: Self-Release
Websites: etherealdarkness.bandcamp.com | facebook.com/etherealplace | instagram.com/etherealdarknessband
Releases Worldwide: March 20th, 2026 -
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"All of his instincts are toward aggression; he appears to relish the destruction and death that he can now unleash.
We need people in government and in the military who can lead the nation to victory in times of war, but that is quite different than having people in leadership who indulge in bloodlust or who are wrestling with inner demons."
#Trump #Hegseth #MikeHuckabee #Iran #war #ChristianNationalism #armageddon #rapture
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For Hegseth, it's all about strutting and freeting his hour upon the stage, engaging in displays of belligerent performative masculinity designed to hide the smallness and emptiness of his core.
But:
"America’s 'secretary of war' doesn’t approach matters of war and peace, of life and death, with even the slightest bit of reverence or humility."
#Trump #Hegseth #MikeHuckabee #Iran #war #ChristianNationalism #armageddon #rapture
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"It feels patently ridiculous, but we have, you know, white Christian nationalists running the Pentagon. … They clearly haven't read the Bible because in Revelation, the people who start the war are the bad guys in that book. So it really does make you think a little bit how deeply they've thought this through."
~ Sam Osterhout
#Trump #Hegseth #MikeHuckabee #Iran #war #ChristianNationalism #armageddon #rapture
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"It feels patently ridiculous, but we have, you know, white Christian nationalists running the Pentagon. … They clearly haven't read the Bible because in Revelation, the people who start the war are the bad guys in that book. So it really does make you think a little bit how deeply they've thought this through."
~ Sam Osterhout
#Trump #Hegseth #MikeHuckabee #Iran #war #ChristianNationalism #armageddon #rapture
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"It feels patently ridiculous, but we have, you know, white Christian nationalists running the Pentagon. … They clearly haven't read the Bible because in Revelation, the people who start the war are the bad guys in that book. So it really does make you think a little bit how deeply they've thought this through."
~ Sam Osterhout
#Trump #Hegseth #MikeHuckabee #Iran #war #ChristianNationalism #armageddon #rapture
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"It feels patently ridiculous, but we have, you know, white Christian nationalists running the Pentagon. … They clearly haven't read the Bible because in Revelation, the people who start the war are the bad guys in that book. So it really does make you think a little bit how deeply they've thought this through."
~ Sam Osterhout
#Trump #Hegseth #MikeHuckabee #Iran #war #ChristianNationalism #armageddon #rapture
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Ben Jennings' cartoon commentary on the Trump-Hegseth "holy" war.
#Trump #Hegseth #LindseyGraham #MikeHuckabee #ChristianNationalism #war #Iran #armageddon #theocracy #HolyWar #rapture
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" I saw it happening a mile away. I saw it happening a mile away. It worked like gangbusters, especially with Catholic, Christian, Muslim, Jewish, Hindu communities, right? Religion, God, morality, ethics. And then you put in patriarchy and fear and propaganda and, you know, the homophobia. It works."
#Trump #Hegseth #LindseyGraham #MikeHuckabee #ChristianNationalism #war #Iran #armageddon #theocracy #HolyWar #rapture
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"And ... we don't talk about it elegantly, even though it plays such an active role."
"If you cede the ground on religious language to the right wing — voila, Pete Hegseth. Voila, Mike Huckabee. Voila, Falwell. Voila, the moral majority. Voila, them going to religious communities and weaponizing the transfer BS to garner votes for the 2024 election."
#Trump #Hegseth #LindseyGraham #MikeHuckabee #ChristianNationalism #war #Iran #armageddon #theocracy #HolyWar #rapture
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But:
"You might think religion is stupid. I get it. I've heard everything. Trust me. Nothing fazes me. I have tough skin. But you might be done with religion. But for better and for worse, religion isn't done with America.
And even though you think religion is stupid and you have every right to, there are a lot of religious communities."
#Trump #Hegseth #LindseyGraham #MikeHuckabee #ChristianNationalism #war #Iran #armageddon #theocracy #HolyWar #rapture
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As Wajahat Ali goes on to say, the way in which a twisted kind of Christianity is being used by the Trump regime to justify its "holy" war against religion provides a compelling reason for us to talk honestly about the role religion plays in US public life. He notes that when he brings these topics up, people log into his site to say that religion is stupid, a fairy tale.
#Trump #Hegseth #LindseyGraham #MikeHuckabee #ChristianNationalism #war #Iran #armageddon #theocracy #HolyWar #rapture
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"And what we found out is after the strikes were called on Saturday, there were over 200 people that number is rising, of commissioned troops saying that their commanders were referring to this war as a holy war, as a necessary war, as a war that will bring about the rapture in Armageddon."
#Trump #Hegseth #LindseyGraham #MikeHuckabee #ChristianNationalism #war #Iran #armageddon #theocracy #HolyWar #rapture
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"And speaking of that, Mike Huckabee, U.S. ambassador to Israel, last week in an interview with Tucker Carlson revealed his white Christian nationalist extremism and said, You know, the Bible actually gives pretty much the entirety of the Middle East to Israel. If they want it, they could take it."
#Trump #Hegseth #LindseyGraham #MikeHuckabee #ChristianNationalism #war #Iran #armageddon #theocracy #HolyWar #rapture
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"Lindsey Graham yesterday: this is a religious war. My name is Lindsey Graham. I love women. No, I just disagree. What he actually said was, quote, 'This is a religious war and we will determine the course of the Middle East for a thousand years.'"
~ Wajahat Ali
#Trump #Hegseth #LindseyGraham #MikeHuckabee #ChristianNationalism #war #Iran #armageddon #theocracy #HolyWar #rapture
/3https://thelefthook.substack.com/p/jews-and-muslims-want-no-part-of
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"Because [White Christian Nationalists] operate on CERTAINTY, not FAITH, they will destroy the entire planet and everyone and everything on it to make their Bibles come true. I don’t say this lightly: THEY ARE TRYING TO START WORLD WAR III, because they believe it will lead to Armageddon and Jesus’ return."
~ Andra Watkins
#Trump #Netanyahu #Hegseth #Huckabee #WhiteChristianNationalism #Iran #war #armageddon #rapture #zionism
/10https://andrawatkins.substack.com/p/the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it
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"They believe Jews need to control Jerusalem as a necessary precondition for the second coming of Christ. All they care about is the rapture. Straight-up nihilistic and apocalyptic."
#Trump #Netanyahu #Hegseth #Huckabee #WhiteChristianNationalism #Iran #war #armageddon #rapture #zionism
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They believe in Mike Huckabee, who is the US ambassador to UN, Full-on rapture guy. He has openly... Go check out the interview with Tucker Carlson. They have been celebrating. They have been wanting this war with Iran. They have been praying for this regime change."
#Trump #Netanyahu #Hegseth #Huckabee #WhiteChristianNationalism #Iran #war #armageddon #rapture #zionism
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"And exists in the White House with Pete Hegseth and Mike Huckabee and the Christian Zionists who have been saber-rattling and saying rah, rah, rah, because they believe, folks, that Jews need to control Jerusalem and Israel as a necessary precondition for the second coming of Jesus, which is another apocalyptic vision of the rapture."
~ Wajahat Ali
#Trump #Netanyahu #Hegseth #Huckabee #Israel #zionism #WhiteChristianNationalism #Iran #war #armageddon #rapture
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"This is, you know, this is all part of this real religious fanaticism that exists in Israel and is in decision-making power right now."
~ Sina Toosi
#Trump #Netanyahu #Hegseth #Huckabee #Israel #zionism #WhiteChristianNationalism #Iran #war #armageddon #rapture
/4https://thelefthook.substack.com/p/trump-and-israels-war-with-iran-has
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I first ran across this site more than 20 yrs ago. Whenever the #Rapture horseshit starts going around, I think, "Oh yeah," and take a look. It's never really changed. WWIII is underway, #Israel is at war (nothing new, I guess). It's up 1 point. lol
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@northernlights @timo21 @RealJournalism
Yep. These "End Times" #Rapture zealots are just ACHING for the chance to start #Armageddon.I mean, how 🦇 💩 😜 do you have to be to think starting a cataclysmic global holocaust will get you into heaven (faster)? 🤦♂️
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Master, Homicide y Rapture se suman al regreso de Vader en Chile | vía #SonidosOcultos
#chargola #deathmetal #homicide #leyendasdeldeathmetal #master #polonia #powerprod #rapture #t2026 #teatrocariola #thrashmetal #vaderlivechile #litany2000eimpressionsinblood2006
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Master, Homicide y Rapture se suman al regreso de Vader en Chile | vía #SonidosOcultos
#chargola #deathmetal #homicide #leyendasdeldeathmetal #master #polonia #powerprod #rapture #t2026 #teatrocariola #thrashmetal #vaderlivechile #litany2000eimpressionsinblood2006
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When I went out to Tammy's for our Coffee Morning, I was shocked to discover her dad Charlie had been raptured again! But why do they keep sending him back? #rapture #enraptured #kooky #religion #superstition #crazy #crazybeliefs #belief #beliefs #nutjobs #christians #christ
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"Sweet Love" is a song by American R&B singer and songwriter #AnitaBaker from her second studio album, #Rapture (1986). It was written by Anita Baker, Louis A. Johnson, and #GaryBias, and produced by #MichaelJPowell. It was released in May 1986 as the album's first single. The song was Baker's first big hit single, peaking at number two on the US #Billboard #RAndBChart, number three on the US Billboard #AdultContemporary chart.
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So, when I saw through the whole #BornAgain #ChristoFascist BS (age 13), I found myself hoping that the #Rapture would happen, leaving those of us who love #MotherEarth behind to repair the damage and restore #Eden!
#WeAreNature #LoveYourMotherEarth #EdenIsEarth #RestoreTheGarden #Rewilding #RewildYourself #RewildThePlanet
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“Know Naught! All ways are lawful to Innocence. Pure folly is the Key to Initiation. Silence breaks into Rapture. Be neither man nor woman, but both in one. Be silent, Babe in the Egg of Blue, that thou mayest grow to bear the Lance and Graal! Wander alone, and sing! In the King’s Palace his daughter awaits thee.”
#aleisterCrowley #allWays #awaitsThee #babe #beNeither #book #bothInOneBeSilent #breaks #daughter #eggOfBlue #graal #grow #initiation #innocence #key #kingSPalace #knowNaught #lance #lawful #manNorWoman #pureFolly #quote #rapture #silence #sing #TheHeartOfTheMaster #thelema #toBear #wanderAlone
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"Sweet Love" is a song by American R&B singer and songwriter #AnitaBaker from her second studio album, #Rapture (1986). It was written by Anita Baker, Louis A. Johnson, and #GaryBias, and produced by #MichaelJPowell. It was released in May 1986 as the album's first single. The song was Baker's first big hit single, peaking at number two on the US #Billboard #RAndBChart, number three on the US Billboard #AdultContemporary chart.
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Ep#455: #TheRapture ...again
the Profane Argument -
anyone else headed to see #TheRapture in #Detroit tonight? 🤘🏄🤘
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Since it's been a few days, I figured I'd pose a question I was asked during the recent rapture: "If one wholeheartedly believed the rapture was imminent, why would they sell or give away their possessions?"
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American #Evangelical doomsday #preppers are so fun conceptually, because the only reason you'd expect to need a whole-ass bunker when you believe in a Pre-Tribulation #Rapture is if you know your ass is not good enough to get a Disney Fast Pass to the Kingdom of #God
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#MAGA #Christians Furious After #September23rd #Rapture Flop
#MAGAChristians were convinced the world would end on #September23, 2025. Many sold off their property, quit their jobs, and put their trust in #falseprophecies claiming #theRapture was coming. But now, the date has passed—and nothing happened. In this video, we break down the fallout, the anger, and the #biblical truth that no one knows the day or the hour of #Christ’s return.
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#Rapture, ieri doveva esserci l’#apocalisse. Un predicatore sudafricano ha preconizzato tra 23 e 24 settembre il “rapimento” della Chiesa con la discesa di Gesù per portare in cielo gli eletti. Su TikTok questa "profezia" ha creato una discreta isteria.👇
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The good news: apparently the rapture happened (according to the voices in the head of some???)
The bad news: you’re still here, you weren’t chosen.
The best news: the Flying Spaghetti Monster accepts you for who you are. You deserve an extra-large serving of pasta.
#rapture #pastafarianism #FlyingSpaghettiMonster #FlyingSpaghettiMinsterism