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After a couple of decades, the leading project of the Russian black metal underground finally releases its first full-length recording.
It has always been this way: those who are truly dedicated to Black Metal in its original meaning rarely have the time to record albums. It may sound almost comical, but the much-revered AKVLT has yet to release a single record - and yet, it surely will.
Now - Gorruth, now appearing under the name Sorcerer Baron De Bellême, presents a demo with a provocative and layered title: Wight Power. On the surface, it echoes the blunt slogans of the old scene, but more importantly, it carries a deeper content - a metaphysical idea I previously observed in Nekrokrator by M8l8th. It is this very grasp of meaning and the radiant essence of the Idea that lifts the listener into higher, rarely accessible realms where our music truly belongs.
From the very artwork to its deliberately raw and “barbaric” sound, Woods of Fallen sends us straight to the roots of 1990s Black Metal. It might have remained a mere pastiche - if not for its content.
A few words in the spirit of a manifesto:
Black Metal differs radically from all other genres. It was never created for entertainment. It is not “music” in the conventional sense. It is - a magical act, a ritual, a revolt against modernity. Its goal is not to please the listener, but to poison, to destroy, to evoke tremor and terrible awe. But above all - to make one remember the Forgotten.
The voice in Black Metal is not human singing - it is barditus, the warrior’s battle cry, the shaman’s rasp, the voice of demons and the sound of the Otherworld. This is the true essence of "extreme vocals", debased by mediocrities into mere "cool growling technique".
Guitars and keyboards in Black Metal are tuned to merge with distortion and noise, producing an immersive sensation of entering the realm of the Sacred. This is why the blastbeats blur into ambient pulsation - not for brutality or technical showmanship, but to dissolve consciousness into the spell-song's fabric.
The key element is the lyrical core of the project.
Sorcerer Baron De Bellême, known primarily for creating the legend of Temnozor (a landmark project of the Russian scene in the 2000s), now turns inward. In Woods of Fallen he conjures true incantations. Reading them is enough to understand what Black Metal truly is - and what it is meant to speak of.
The lyrics will be published soon. A video manifesto was also created and is now being passed from hand to hand (curious who’ll be the first to leak it online).
And so - a black ritual among burned churches and unearthed graves.
The primordial, the true, the grim
Woods of Fallen - The Forest of the Fallen -
https://youtu.be/SuiGcIVRjCU
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