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Obscurantism (Full​-​length, 2021)

by Cresset

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Waldmark
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Waldmark Oomph!
And into the Blackest of colorless
Thanks for this killer!
Sagoth
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Sagoth Melodic and raw black metal with old School Eastern European death metal edge.
The music is slow to mid paced with atmospheric keyboards in the background (they used them Wisley) and growly vocals.
Nothing new or memorable, but enjoyable listen non the less. Favorite track: Rapture.
Jordan Vauvert
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Jordan Vauvert L'obscurantisme est un concept qui est connoté péjorativement — et pour cause : il s'agit d'une manipulation religieuse dont le but est de nous priver de l'accès au savoir — mais, en l'espace de trente-cinq minutes, le black metal de l'album Obscurantism va vous aveugler et vous empêchera d'envisager que ce genre puisse se concevoir autrement. Dirigé par une basse fangeuse, Cresset se complaît dans la lourdeur et la noirceur avec une fascination ésotérique pour la mort. C'est morbide et prenant. Favorite track: Nameless Idolatry.
bmurator
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bmurator Dark & intense Slovakian Black Metal, just like my coffee... :) Sometimes angry, sometimes closer to Death Metal, always top notch! Highly recommended!
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1.
Rapture 04:19
Shall I assume I have sinned? That I offended thy justice To bring these curses upon my head? How shall I strive to appease you? My own spirit was opaque to me Thus, I found your ways inscrutable But I donned the wisdom of Black Flame Eliphaz, Bildad, Zophar – begone! Trial through suffering? Malicious tyrant cackling, gleeful ‘Tis no love! Disdain, jealousy and self-pity of a scorned, selfish parent Blameless and upright in whose eyes? Not by your measure! By mine I stand I repudiate you, for all times and beyond death Destiny shall be my own to shape and bear Who is this whom darkness conferred with words of knowledge? Who has comprehended the vast expanses of the earth? Who can bind the chains of Pleiades or loosen the belt of Orion? Who is this who has seen the gates of the shadow of death? ‘Tis me, a servant nevermore
2.
Deepest secrets, were they to be found? God, have Mercy. We toiled away. We searched … Underneath flayed skin - In cavities left by pincers - In hollows after sulphur melts the flesh away - In warm chasms, impregnated by spikes - In joints, revealed by cleavers. While the multitudes looked on Gasping, in horror, in awe Of our office and power over flesh Of methods of inspection, of reason unchained. When the screaming stops, air still vibrates with violence Reek of bowels and freshly spilled blood inspire Stain on cloth, visceral passions incited Stay with me, brother, take hold of yourself. We toiled away. Yet, our investigation futile. Pen quivering above the parchment. How capture the hours of howls? Single drop of ink. So, innocent then? Signed and sealed.
3.
Offering 06:36
Burning pyres Smoke shrouds the land Consuming passion Preparing the way Scorching flames Alight your path To the altar of bones Where I await Through espalier of gallows & rows of impaled victims Through clouds of buzzing flies Melodies of the charnel house Reeking flesh Wind of plague By transcendental black lust Am I befallen Passion of a single man For culling in her name With dead stars in her eyes She is arriving, my pale bride
4.
Awoken in the dark, in deep moist loam The world was still young, radiant, nameless Wood ‘stead of bone, moss ‘stead of pelt Unafraid even of raging flames Sap rises with Sun’s lure Green hearth slowly throbs He roams the primeval forest while wolves howl & lays to sleep below soft blanket of snow Antlers of ironwood, crown of rowantree Birch bark glows into the night Song of birds nesting in the thicket of his beard Shrewd eyes peer from mask of oak With fingers of willow he caresses the ponds With poplar leaves he combs the wind With mantle of scrub pine he embraces the mountains In oaks he stretches to the skies At his feet people dance Drunk, awed, aroused After they forget him He endures in stone
5.
Reliquary 07:21
Under shadowed arches Heavy silence lays Reek of centuries In sanctum of the dead Embalming techniques Holy essence keep Mummified remains In jeweled cases Frankincense and myrrh Flickering penumbra Rituals of robed priests Measure eternity Throngs of faithful shamble Coughing, limping, weak Trembling fingers reach For corporeal faith Veneration of the dead Desire to be healed To transcend earthly bounds Partake on past saints’ faith In quivering candlelight Souls crouch and wither In rotting flesh and bone Only void is inscribed
6.
Spiritual fraternity in sorrow When a brother is lost Twelve days of feasting And three days of pain In ritual kinship Flesh is mortified Il sangue dei monaci guerrieri Is put to display Discipline this walking carcass In theatrical piety Splendour of endurance Spectacle of rent skin Competing who cuts deeper The air reeks of dominance Voluntary flagellation Patterns of corporeal violence In glyphs on skin inscribed While the spirit soars joyous, victorious In the rite of last supper, fast is broken Partaking on the flesh of the dead This fraternity, an ultimate bond One body, in death

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Full-length debut of Slovak black metal band Cresset originally released as a digipack CD by Hexencave Productions on 30.4.2021.

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www.facebook.com/Cresset-332957230780641

cresset.bandcamp.com

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LP available through hexencave.bandcamp.com

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released January 7, 2022

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Tryzna Production started in the year 2008 and stopped issuing records in a physical format in 2019.

Since then it has focused solely on releasing digital versions of Slovak black and death metal albums.

With this site we aim to give an insight into the Slovak black metal scene.
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