The debut album by Australia’s Unfelled reflects the paganistic duality of Multi-Instrumentalist D. Where the subtlety and sophistication of his other project, Woods of Desolation, is discarded for the atmospheric savagery that foretells the triumvirate that leads to death and its eternal darkness. It is inherently tough, battle-worn, experienced and contains musical excellence that you would anticipate from such talent.
From the unbridled fury that is ‘’Wreathed Wings” and the sonic bombast that is ‘’Veil of Perdition’ and its mid-tempo assault where the riffing reaches another level. Unfelled combines raw, primal black metal full of tempo changes and chaos. Yet there are also lots of memorable moments and hidden subtleties as well. The sombre interlude to “A Diadem Embattled’’ is haunting, and the crescendo to ‘’Transcendent Legacy’’ is soul-stirring. ‘’Evanescent’’ is a melancholic interlude of passing memory, ethereal in its textures and visions, the briefest moment of elegance against the sheer power and fury that is defiant ‘’The Opposer” and it’s souled bathed in War.
Pall of Endless Perdition is pure black metal savagery that leaves no quarter and is uncompromising in its focus. The music reflects its subject, bloodshed, mortality and violence.
It is primitive yet sophisticated, inherits violence that invades the senses and leaves scars, yet is true to its definition by being Unfelled.
Unfelled: Facebook
Release Year: 2023
Label: Season Of Mist Underground
Category: Album
Country: Australia
Reviewed by Sparky
