Artist......: Order of Nosferat
Album.......: The Absence of Grace
Year........: 2024
Genre.......: Black Metal
Label.......: Purity Through Fire
Source......: WEB (16bit)
Encoder.....: libFLAC
Bitrate.....: 768 kbps avg.
F.Rate......: 44.1kHz
Playtime....: 00:44:14 / 310.48MB
R.Date......: 2024-03-23
S.Date......: 2024-03-21
Website.....: http://play.qobuz.com/album/abmx4054hc97a
01. Behold the Rising Horrors 2:03
02. Floating with the Ravaged Ones 6:25
03. In this Solitute We dwell 2:12
04. Devoured by Lurking Shadows 7:27
05. Scratch out my Face on Every Portrait 6:41
06. Under the Sinister Shroud of Isolation 2:00
07. The Absence of Grace 7:07
08. Blood Stains the Fallen Snow 2:25
09. Cruelty Bestowed Revelation 6:02
10. Remain in Everlasting Silence 1:52
This is the fifth album from international black metal band Order of
Nosferat.
I was introduced only last year to Order of Nosferat on their split with
Lunar Spells, and I fell for them hard. Given the chance to explore a full
album of their vampiric black metal supremacy, how could I resist?
The Absence of Grace is a synth-driven slice of old-school black metal. The
songs are drenched in atmospheric synths, and the album also has a synth
intro, three interludes, and an outro. This leaves us five actual songs out
of the ten tracks. Normally IÆd be hypercritical of something like this,
but Order of Nosferat pull it off remarkably well. ThereÆs just something
very endearing, engaging, and nostalgically authentic about the synths that
I just eat it all up.
As for the songs themselves, these are well-crafted and structured by hands
that clearly know their art. Atmospheric and venomous, the black metal is
professionally wrought, while still having the bite of the underground.
Their main focus is an atmospheric one, immersing the listener in the
macabre blackened feel of ancient darkness. The songs are sorrowful and
dark, telling a tale of ages lost and blood wept. Unlike previous releases,
itÆs not all about vampirism for Order of Nosferat on The Absence of Grace,
and instead the entire album is soaked through with forlorn hopelessness
and a lonesome grandeur thatÆs compelling.
Order of Nosferat have impressed with their atmospheric, feeling-rich take
on old-school black metal. If youÆre partial to this form of blackened art,
then The Absence of Grace is one you should definitely spend some time
with.