Album Type: Full Length
Date Released: 18/08/2017
Label: Tridroid Records |
Throat
Productions
Beautifully textured, and masterfully
layered, Void Ritual has summoned a depth of composition here which is
elegantly minimalist in its structure: neither too little nor too much
“Heretical
Wisdom” CD//CS//DD track listing:
1).
The Flood
2).
Breathing Ice
3).
A Mockery of Flesh & Bone
4).
Heretical Wisdom
5).
The Frozen Altar
6).
The Maelstrom
7).
Dead in Blackest Night
8).
Nachzehrer
The Review:
The
latest output by one-man black metal band Void Ritual, “Heretical Wisdom”, is a deeply melodic, folk-tinged hymn to
darkness and the primal elements. The first full-length for the band evokes the
strongest and most beguiling aspects of that style of Finnish black metal
practiced by Moonsorrow
and Havukruunu,
as well as lesser-known artists such as Sarastus. Surging rhythms and tidal melodic
passages invoke the feel of harrowing journeys amid roaring hibernal blizzards
and brings forth images of hearth-fires and skaldic songs in the darkest
passages of Winter nights.
Beautifully
textured, and masterfully layered, Void Ritual has summoned a depth of
composition here which is elegantly minimalist in its structure: neither too
little nor too much. This is complemented by a very strong vocal performance by
Daniel Jackson. Strongly
recommended. Favourite tracks include “Breathing
Ice”, “The Maelstrom” and “Dead in Blackest Night”.
