Black Metal.

Yeah the new Aosoth is insanely good. I'm lucky enough to have gotten an advance through one of the websites I write for and the whole album is phenomenal from start to finish. Probably my favorite BM release since Paracletus.

Paysage d'Hiver just released its fist album in six years. Anyone listen to it yet?
 
I gave it a listen on youtube, more of the same to be quite honest. There was a time when I blew loads to stuff like Paysage d'Hiver, but these days I'm not so much into the super-raw ambient stuff. Maybe its just because New York hasn't had a really big snowstorm in almost 3 years.
 
Just ordered the new Imperium Dekadenz. Saw a few opinions that it doesn't live up to their last release, but I have to have it anyway. Also looking forward to the new Aosoth. If I'm able to make it to MDF they will definitely be my #1 must see.
 
Tried the first track off the new Paysage....didn't seem too special. Sounded an awful lot like Darkspace actually. I almost wondered if I got duped.
 
They've always sounded similar, which isn't surprising since Paysage d'Hiver is Darkspace's guitarist/vocalist's solo project. And yeah, it basically sounds like all his other records, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. Still, I was hoping he'd add at least a few new wrinkles to his sound after six years.
 
Yeah dude it's like OM II. Literally the best bass work I've heard, intensely jazzy groovology, brilliant horn and chromatic percussion parts. Well-composed masterpieces that engage from start to finish. The album left me wanting at least 3 or 4 more hours of such standout profundity. I can't say enough about it.
 
I need to revist that album again...My first spin left me feeling kinda lukewarm about the whole thing, maybe their was too much hype, even from myself, because Negura Bunget is one of my favorite Black Metal acts.