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: Artist :: Order of Nosferat :
: Album :: The Absence of Grace :
: Year :: 2024 :
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: Genre :: Black Metal Source :: WEB/MP3 :
: Label :: Purity Through Fire R.date :: 2024-03-23 :
: Size :: 106.42MB S.date :: 2024-03-21 :
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: Bitrate :: CBR 320kbps :
: Quality :: 44.1 kHz/Joint Stereo :
: URL :: http://play.qobuz.com/album/abmx4054hc97a :
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: 1. Behold the Rising Horrors 2:03 :
: 2. Floating with the Ravaged Ones 6:25 :
: 3. In this Solitute We Dwell 2:12 :
: 4. Devoured by Lurking Shadows 7:27 :
: 5. Scratch Out My Face on Every Portrait 6:41 :
: 6. Under the Sinister Shroud of Isolation 2:00 :
: 7. The Absence of Grace 7:07 :
: 8. Blood Stains the Fallen Snow 2:25 :
: 9. Cruelty Bestowed Revelation 6:02 :
: 10. Remain in Everlasting Silence 1:52 :
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: This is the fifth album from international black metal band :
: Order of Nosferat. :
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: 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? :
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: 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. :
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: 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. :
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: 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. :
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