Autumn is almost upon us, and what better way than to greet it with some quality black metal. USBM scene is great, brimming with superb bands and projects all around. Blackbraid is one of them being a one man entity and this is the third full length opus containing 10 songs one being Lord Belial cover. Blackbraid describes its music like Native American black metal and in fact it is a quality mixture of pagan and melodic black metal with blastbeats, but also slower atmospheric parts and epic melodies reminding of their Scandinavian counterparts. This opus kind of functions like one atmospheric instrumental, then one song and so on. Vocals are screaming black metal voice, but you can understand some of what is being sung so this is another plus. If you love your black metal aggressive, melodic and epic, melancholic at the same time, go listen to this one, you will not regret it. My personal favorites: And He Became The Burning Stars, The Dying Breath Of A Sacred Stag. Excellent record.

9,5/10

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