GAEREA arrived shrouded in mystery. The masked sensations emerged from pandemic limbo with a vision for black metal that was guided not by myths or pagan beliefs but a purging of emotion. Existential dread still pulses through the Portuguese band’s blood, but their upcoming fourth album signals a shift in psychology.
With Coma, Gaerea are no longer strictly a black metal band. Instead, they’re breaking to the forefront of extreme metal. Though their new album was produced by trusted confidant Miguel Tereso, it broadens the band’s signature sound by taking it in two seemingly opposed directions. There are more moments of intense beauty, but they only heighten the ensuing blows.
The world may be as hopeless as the album’s lead single declares. But with Coma, Gaerea have returned to prove that they are only the band who can guide us into the darkness.
Watch the video for Hope Shatters:
Tracklist
1. The Poet’s Ballet (7:39)
2. Hope Shatters (4:05)
3. Suspended (5:02)
4. World Ablaze (3:29)
5. Coma (5:19)
6. Wilted Flower (5:50)
7. Reborn (3:51)
8. Shapeshifter (6:24)
9. Unknown (4:24)
10. Kingdom of Thorns (4:45)
