If a band consists of members from Ne Obliviscaris and Todtgelichter, it’s a fair bet that the results will be 1) bloody dark, 2) as mad as a sheep in a tree. Sure enough, Omega Infinity provides all of this, with the frosted vocal of the Aussies’ mystical Xenoyr tangling with the musical machinations of ‘lichter drummer and keyboardist Tentakel P for debut album Solar Spectre (Season of Mist).Continue reading
Black metal has often been constrained by it’s own self-limiting boundaries, and while it professes to be free from musical shackles it has, in the past, excluded itself from progress. It is with relief then, that German avante-gardians Todtgelichter’s latest release Apnoe has an enchanting, dream-like melodies that will your brain spinning.