FAUN - 'Betrothed Unto Death'
1995, the underground black metal genre is in its best condition, visionary, brand ideas are emerging, the genre is leading in the extreme metal world. This time, I will tell you about a very underrated band - Faun.
I have never heard 'Betrothed Unto Death', but as soon as I put it on my CD player, thanks to Cold Northern Breeze Records for providing a physical copy, I became richer with yet another outstanding old-school piece of emotional and raw black metal music.
The entire demo is in a pure old-school Norwegian vibe, celebrating the true soul and style of the widely appreciated genre. It's kind of a travel back in time, to the years when BM wasn't so accessible to all and wasn't all over the internet. The killer guitar riffs have something from more raw thrash metal, but only once or twice. Accompanied by dreadful vocals, exquisite drums, and 80's synths, we get a pure essence of how true Norwegian black metal used to be.
The synths watched my attention - they weren't put straight in my face, they had a characteristic of a graceful addition, rather than a 'fist right in your face' feeling.
The vast diversity and creativity of then-teenagers in 1995 cannot be that underrated. They did something so splendid, so remarkable, yet they didn't get enough appreciation...
This 21-minute demo will take you to the cold Norwegian cellars under Helvete, where many candles were lit, and black metal is thriving.
Faun is a band that should be appreciated and spread more in the music world. Their amusing material is on a really high level and I don't think that many bands managed to create something so influential in their lifetime of releasing albums.
Nott
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