Ukrainian/Polish Black Metal band Three Eyes of the Void offer their debut album The Atheist. A forty-minute display of utter uncompromising honesty and intensity that draws heavily from the idea of “Death of God and Mortality”.
The feeling of inevitability and hopelessness of human experience is all evasive. Some bands proclaim to be atmospheric, yet Three Eyes of The Void embodies it, allowing the riffs to become cloying, dense pieces of work that, along with and excellent rhythm section, create a sense of cohesion and persuasive power. The overwhelming commitment to the art makes the suffering and bleakness a tangible part of their ethos.
The riff to ‘’No More Light,’’ which is at the double the speed of the music, is so precise and intense that when it steps, it allows you to draw breathe before the vocals explode and its progressive return. Dmytro Kvashnin’s voice is exceptionally passionate and vitriolic, when the introspective bridge kicks in it is almost soothing yet no less vital or energetic. Three Eyes of The Void ae a band that blazes their own path. The clean vocals of Andriy Tkachenko offer a brief ray of light within the darkness that’s a piece of tremolic post-metal-inspired excellence. ‘’ ‘Descent’ is quite simply a masterwork that evolves and surprises with its development. The saxophone of Dima Dudko (White Ward) is a vital as the opening passage that builds to a never-ending crescendo that haunts and lingers in the psyche with its layers of vocals, and introspective coda.
An incredibly mature, well-developed album, The Atheist offers no answers and poses only questions. It is something truly special that true atmospheric black metal is representative of, it captures the shades of darkness and emotion without fear and honesty, combined with excellent musicianship. Three Eyes of The Void captures the beauty in the melancholy, the ugly in unanswered questions and the anger that comes with knowledge. The result a staggering piece of art.
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Release Year: 2023
Label: Folter Records
Category: Album
Country: Ukraine /Poland
Reviewed by Sparky
