Emerging from Eindhoven, Netherlands female black metal duo Doodswens unveil their debut album Lichtvrees.
Lichtvrees is the fear of light and Doodswens embrace the shadows with their negative waves of energy that encompass you slowly building to a crescendo that is as inevitable as it is enticing.
Described as old school black metal vocalist/guitarist Fraukje van Burg and drummer Inge van der Zon possess maturity and depth that is as honest as it is uncompromising. the anguish of ‘’Zwarte Staar” is palpable, the emotion and pain visceral and honest. Doodswens revel in releasing their darkness slowly omnipresent in its delivery.
‘’Het Zwartewaterland’’ traverses between speed and tension never releasing you, giving you no respite.
A very personal release that embraces human corruption, Doodswens excel at surpassing the simple guitar drums approach and creating a realm that is real, tangible, and painful. ’’In Mijn Bloed’’ ( In the Blood) is literally that, an affliction they cannot release, only through music, you can feel them flailing in the earth, covered in mud seeking release. ‘’IJsheiligen’’ is as terrifying as it is haunting. this is underground Black metal at its finest, most perverse, and utterly unrelenting.
Enthralling, powerful, and expressive in its disgust and depression ‘’Lichtvrees’’ wildly embrace its raw aesthetic and makes it it’s own. For the purist and those of the darkest and blackest of hearts. Brilliant.
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Release Year: 2021
Label: Svart Records
Category: Album
Country: Netherland
Reviewed by Sparky
