January 27, 2012

Falls of Rauros - The Light That Dwells in Rotten Wood

Falls of Rauros - The Light That Dwells in Rotten Wood is a heavily folk-infused take on atmospheric black metal. There are hints of Agalloch and it has the same rustic feel of a walk in the woods in Autumn. The Inarguable called it "Some of the most genuine and passionate music I have personally ever heard and it actually kind of scares me"

Falls of Rauros - The Light That Dwells in Rotten Wood is a heavily folk-infused take on atmospheric black metal. There are hints of Agalloch and it has the same rustic feel of a walk in the woods in Autumn. The Inarguable called it "Some of the most genuine and passionate music I have personally ever heard and it actually kind of scares me" and the mighty Autothrall spake thus:

The album also sounds enormous, like a rush of autumn winds beating at the tree-line. There are numerous periods of errant despair contrasted with passionate swells, almost as if this record were an arboreal tide, a gray and green lattice of the Earth's sadness, wept out through the centuries of blood and loss.


2 comments:
  1. That cover art reminds me of Castevet's Mounds of Ash and a music video from Negura Bunget's Om.

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    1. Yeah, the Castevet cover does have the same 'vibe', though it doesn't really look the same.

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