Black Metal from Portugal.
Nox et Hiems is an opus of hermetical Black Metal darkness, a 63-minute tome of occult mysticism that consumes the listener in a sinister divination. Divided in two discs, one for each elemental direction, it exhales the tenebrous sight of ecstasy by virtue of revenant omens to an onyx of glooming darkness. A supreme act of numinous awakening, Nox et Hiems channels the trembling glory of Lucifer in nine shadowy psalms zealous to the great Unknown. Ritualistic, utterly somber, an all-consuming hex of gnostic ascendancy is aurally illustrated by straightforward yet belligerently cryptic riffs - rooted in the Black Metal milieu from the dark past - intertwined with mid-paced chord progressions of dissonant continu. Powerfully atmospheric yet glowing of intense fervor, the distinct arrangements are sustained by a dynamic mixing in a triumphant display of aesthetic sense and aural virtue.
The artwork glorifies the archaic, monolithic projections of the arcane, secret landscapes of Granite, Night and Cold. The seeds of sinister grimness are overall present on said penned crafts, therein spectral mantras that in rapture unite sound, in spirit to the hidden keys to higher knowledge and the nethermost void.
Gatefold double vinyl 12" LP