{"id":97148,"date":"2020-01-23T11:00:41","date_gmt":"2020-01-23T17:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/?p=97148"},"modified":"2020-01-22T18:34:38","modified_gmt":"2020-01-23T00:34:38","slug":"2019-roundup-black-metal-part-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/2019-roundup-black-metal-part-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"2019 Roundup: Black Metal, part II"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Taking a look at the latest from Umbra Conscientia<\/strong>, Ancient Moon<\/strong>, The Negative Bias<\/strong>, Ragnarok<\/strong>, Keres<\/strong> and T\u00f6rzburg<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Umbra Conscientia<\/a><\/strong> – Yellowing of the Lunar Consciousness<\/a>
\n<\/em>Terratur Possessions<\/p>\n

Originally introduced as an unnamed project by Terratur Possessions, Umbra Conscientia<\/strong> released their debut in late November, to a baffling mix of great acclaim and little fanfare. The two-and-a-half-minute ritual\/ambient\/whatever intro sets a misguiding mood as “Maze of Exile” instantly guides Yellowing of the Lunar Consciousness<\/em> onto an unhinged, violent path much like that of Funeral Mist<\/strong>, only with malevolent riffs further twisting around their hardened core. The arrangements are more skillful and organic in the sense that unlike FM, Umbra Cosncientia’s debut doesn’t sound like it was recorded one section at a time and assembled on a computer. It may be rigorous, unerring and precise, but it remains the work of flesh, possessed as it may be.<\/p>\n

The lightning-fast, militaristic drumming, intense and intricate enough to engage on its own, adds an air not unlike Katharsis<\/strong> (though the raw pummeling is otherwise kept away from)\u2014hints of the Germans lie in the record’s chaotic atmosphere. Both bands are also referenced as influences in Terratur Possessions’ promo for the record, so clear is their influence. And yet Umbra Conscientia doesn’t come off as a knockoff or redundant. From the moment of its birth, it was a beast standing tall on its own limbs.\u00a0 As if Yellowing of the Lunar Consciousness<\/em> needed to be further elevated, vocalist F gives a manic performance, ranging from every known manner of hellish screaming, through roars emanating from a deteriorating mind, to incantations to the malevolent depths that could hardly have been matched by anyone else. The artwork gets extra points too.<\/p>\n