IRON BONEHEAD PRODUCTIONS is proud to present Secretum Secretorum, a split album between ANCIENT MOON and PROSTERNATUR, on CD and vinyl LP formats. Two pan-international entities, both ANCIENT MOON and PROSTERNATUR have but one recording each to their respective names - an album, with the former's arriving in 2015 and the latter's in 2016 - but Secretum Secretorum should prove to shine more blacklight on two infinitely promising, shadowy entities.
For their half, ANCIENT MOON deliver an 18-minute epic that builds slowly and ominously before exploding into a tensely buzzing hive of nightmarish black metal. Hypnotic yet free-flowing, somehow making time stand still and move in reverse, "Hekas Hekas Este Bebeloi!" imparts an absolutely spellbinding mysticism that could be a whole record unto itself, its movements and fluctuations sublte yet profound; this track simply demands repeat spins, and eternal thralldom. For their half, PROSTERNATUR render three tracks that are impossibly vast for their six-minute average length. And indeed, PROSTERNATUR are a complementary fit for ANCIENT MOON, in that this shadow-cloaked trio conjures their own brand of black metal mysticism. Viscously thick yet somehow emitting a near-cosmic sense of space, PROSTERNATUR burl forth with a constantly churning density that's expertly laced with all manner of beneath-the-surface color and shade. Their attack is doubtlessly muscular, yet similarly evokes a bewitching sensation on the right side of medieval.
Together, both ANCIENT MOON and PROSTERNATUR beckon the listener to let loose the bounds of reality and step into their Secretum Secretorum...
supported by 12 fans who also own “Ancient Moon / Prosternatur - Secretum Secretorum”
Cendres Célestes, premier album de Cantique Lépreux, rassemble trois pointures du black metal québécois — à savoir Matrak, Cadavre et Blanc Feu (qui font respectivement partie de Chasse-Galerie, Acédia et Au-delà des Ruines) — qui ont pour ambition de transformer le black metal atmosphérique. Certes, Cendres Célestes fait la part belle à l'hiver et à la glace mais pas dans le sens d'un J'ai Si Froid... ou d'un Paysage d'Hiver : le froid y est vigoureux, brutal et déchire la peau en lambeaux. Jordan Vauvert
supported by 12 fans who also own “Ancient Moon / Prosternatur - Secretum Secretorum”
An outstanding Extreme doom death album, in the best tradition. The funerary atmosphere reminds of Evoken ('Centuries of ooze" bears striking similarities, for my delight). It is overall sharp, dark, hypnotic and unrelenting. One of those rare convincing new bands that hold proud the legacy of the biggest names. Bertrand Marchal
supported by 12 fans who also own “Ancient Moon / Prosternatur - Secretum Secretorum”
Swirling guitars, furious drums, vocals that at the same time howl from infinite distance and are right up in your head; everything put into dissonant form with the help of unconventional songwriting. This album is my personal key to the icelanding black metal madness that I've ignored for way too long! Lukas Kaufmann