Essene
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"Dostoevskian black metal with a heavy dust bowl vibe. Weird in all the right ways." - Sol y Nieve
"The music of Essene is hazy and haunting...[Essene] seems to draw more from the darker sides of shoegaze and alt rock in order to create a study in texture and nuance...The demo is characterized by a wonderfully non-traditional approach to black metal guitar playing, eschewing the standard tremolo riffs in favor of arpeggios and chord progressions that wouldn’t be out of place on some long lost post-punk album." - Isolation Grind
"“I” twists and churns, with guitars ringing out and racing, the drums being pelted, and even a surfy vibe to the whole thing before it tears into blackness and fierce vocal rants. It’s moody and strange and spills into “II” that has a similar guitar style and is fairly unhinged. The growls are harsh, as the pace erupts and goes into overdrive, with liquid melodies, passionate wails, and an atmospheric twist that eventually chimes out. “III” trickles from the start and sounds cosmic, with a weepy haze taking hold and a move deeper into tranquility. Then, the closer “IV” tears open like a summer storm, punishing with gazey guitars, strange and echo-rich guitar work, and a cascade of sound that builds and builds, finally dissipating into a strange fog. Essene is a band that has its own vision when it comes to black metal, and further developments from this project are highly anticipated." - Meat, Mead, and Metal
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