“Deep in the primordial darkness of the swamp, the Great Grey Witch watches and waits for her time for revenge…
To those who would dismiss scientific inquiry in favour of dogmatic religious fanaticism, these tracks send a warning and a sense of dread that what you abused and left to rot may come back to destroy you…!”
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‘Into The Gyre’ – Starts with intrigue and in trepidation! The quick breathing suggests something has happened but you have no idea what has happened if anything!
‘Blood From the Earth’ – If you had no idea what happened in the previous track, all may become clear here, as this track clocks up an impressive dark rhythm suggesting that something bleak is about to happen – the scathing gargles of vocal savagery and the blast beats combined then level out into a progressive amble and then it simply explodes into a mass of malignancy.
‘Deepwoods Nonesuch’ – This tends to hold a punchy vibrant rhythm that inventively emerges and suggests something is afoot in the woods today! The twisting rhythms leave a trail of angst in their wake.
‘Amnioticysts’ – Gives the organ a spotlight and then the guitar riffs take over giving it a blacker and darker feeling. The rhythms are jagged and linger with contempt as the track spews out a further intense pulse of sinister edginess.
‘Lungwort’ – A fusion of ambiance with dread mixed in for good measure is quite enthralling as it moulds itself into a harsh array of riffage. Spreading its damming core of evil throughout the track and the vocals having a lot to do with it as they softly whisper in time to some cold and acrid rhythms.
‘The Harrowed Column’ – The beats and rhythms on this track are highly addictive, with good solid melody attached. The vocals are again low key and although disturbing bring a superb edginess to the vitriolic embrace.
‘An Ancient Tradition’ – A crackle of wood on a fire brings the track alive and then followed by some sharp riffs that resonate fiendishly. The track plays out to some bellowing drum beats spreading their charm until a ragged riff enters the proceedings lavishing it with keen malevolence and finishing with a witches cackle.
The atmosphere that surrounds this album leaks into the listeners psyche, flooding it with strange creative ambience that is compelling and forthright. To think that this album has been created by one person always overwhelms me and is not unlike Hrafnblod – R.I.P.
It holds a lot of melodic strike, varies in strength and rewards with audial fascination. In fact it concocts a dark charismatic hue that lies over it like a misty fog that never lifts, creating plenty of contrivance, so there is always something to latch on to and enjoy.
