Recommendation: Opera IX - Maleventum

So "Muscaria" really picks up around halfway through with the galloping riff, and then there's the whole psychotic acoustic section, again sounding very theatrical, and I like the way it ends too. My only criticism is that it took 5 minutes before anything really good happened.

"In the Ravens Eyes" has that same vibe to the first sample, very Arcturus'ish -- probably because of the long drawn out organ/keys behind the riffing -- and a year ago I would have had to put this away, but recently I've been listening to LMI and enjoying it a lot. So darkened proggy BM is back on the menu and this fits the bill.

I like this reco. Not sure if I'll be listening to this sorta thing in the hazy shades of summer, but come fall and I'll probably be all over it.