Album of the day: Falls of Rauros – The Light That Dwells In Rotten Wood

Lovingly pinched from The Inarguable: Falls of Rauros; a band I have been almost obsessive over since I first heard them back in 2007. One of the most ambitious and brilliant bands to ever emerge from the US black metal scene. When I caught wind that Bindrune was to release this new outing, I almost lost my mind. I had to have it. I remember A. Lunn (from Panopticon / Seidr) telling what an amazing album this was, he was beyond right on this. I admit I am going to be all drool-y and frothing in this review, but I cannot help it, this album is truly THAT GOOD.

Super melodic, folky, woodland black metal of the absolute highest order. Beautiful acoustic passages and insanely emotive black metal make up the bulk of this disc and while the style has been done to death, no one is doing it the way that FoR is. This is some of the most genuine and passionate music I have personally ever heard and it actually kind of scares me.

After the first spin of this album, I actually had to step away and take a moment to put my thought process back into normal order. It is so involved and enveloping, that it almost seems like an out of body experience. The only thing I can compare this to is either Ulver’s Bergtatt or Agalloch’s The Mantle – in the respect that everything fits into place and is so cohesive that it is almost like one long conceptual track. Everything has a place and fits together to make a grandiose and truly epic piece of musical art.

Continue reading: The Inarguable: Falls of Rauros – “The Light That Dwells In Rotten Wood” (2011) [Bindrune Recordings].

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