“…I have grown into the keeper of realms.” When I first started listening to Beyond Obsidian Euphoria, the third LP from Atlanta’s Tómarúm, what I really did was listen repeatedly to “As Black Forms from Grey.” The penultimate track from 2022’s excellent Ash in Realms of Stone Icons, “As Black Forms from Grey” embodies the ethos of the album while also marking its high point. Around the 7:20 mark, the song’s fury drops away, an elegiac piano echoes all alone, soon joined by the wanderings of Arran McSporran’s fretless bass and Spencer Moore’s delicate drumming, before we are begged, “Set … Continue reading “From Life as Ash…”: Tómarúm’s Beyond Obsidian Euphoria