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Last Updated on 11:06 PM by Giorgos Tsekas
Genre: Progressive Black Metal
Country: United Kingdom
Label: Dark Essence Records
Release: June 2021
A few years after their last full-length record (“Mut”, 2015), returned to discography by releasing their fifth album through Dark Essence Records, which is in fact their first collaboration. While in “Mut” tried to completely get rid of every Black element and dedicate themselves to Prog Rock, it seems that this attitude wouldn’t last long, as the British decided to give us a fresh taste of their old selves.
In “Flyblown Prince” return to the aesthetics of their first steps, but this doesn’t mean that they lose quality features of their identity. We observe a return to the tight Black Metal compositions of the first two records, given under a Progressive prism that applies to both technique and the overall musicality of the album. We come across several variations in rhythms and intensities, along with the frequent phenomenon of musical scaling / climaxing in different parts of the album. We also notice alternations in the genres between which the music balances: from typical Black Metal outbursts, to more Prog Rock passages, but also to calm points that become almost narrative of a story. This variability gives an airy mobility to the whole album and as far as I am concerned “Flyblown Prince” could easily be the OST of a Horror / Mystery movie. The constant fluctuations in the volume and clarity of the vocals are, as well, wildly interesting: from melodic completely clean vocals or whispers to heavy and raspy. This dramatic note goes hand in hand with the aforementioned alternations, which greatly intensify the dark but completely cinematic atmosphere that is built throughout the “Flyblown Prince”. A typical example of the above is “Clemency and Atrophy”.
Fans of will definitely be pleased with the band’s return to earlier aesthetics and will surely be won over by the multifaceted perfection of “Flyblown Prince”. Nicely done.
