Time for something from my home country scene, namely Croatian underground scene. Talog was one of the first interviews that I did for this zine back in 2015 with Kktz, individual who is keeping the scene flame burning for more than four decades now through his work in various punk, hardcore, crust, noise and black metal projects and bands. Talog is his one man dark ambient/dungeon synth entity and this is the new release containing two songs with titles in Croatian language. We are talking here about dungeon synth mixed with dark ambient and black ambient, minimalistic but very, very effective. Horror atmosphere and vibe that Talog reaches in its music is impressive. Karpatski Prijestolonasljednik (Heir of Carpathian Throne) starts ominous with such superb eerie melody that you as a listener feel like you are part of the wind blowing over Carpathian mountains at sunset turning into the night. That is at least what I felt while listening to this one. You can see Sun disappearing from cold and sharp teeth of the mountains descending all wild and beautiful Carpathia into blessed night. Pure vampiric melancholy and evil. We the people of Balkans know a lot about vampiric lore around here, so this music fits perfectly to our darkened hearts. Second opus, Apoteoza Roda Neljudskoga (Apotheosis of Inhuman Kind) continues where its predecessor left off, delivering darkness and you almost sink into liquid darkness, the one you can feel while listening to this one. I must say that Talog delivered another masterpiece of darkness.

https://talog.bandcamp.com/album/karpatski-prijestolonasljednik-i-apoteoza-roda-neljudskoga