This is an album that shines because of its brevity. There are just two tracks here, ‘La Saignee’ and ‘Le Temps Detruit Tout’ and the run time is a brief 33 minutes. Yet what they manage to conjure up in that short time is nothing short of astonishing. Formerly known as Glaciation, these ambitious French men rebranded in 2024 with a manifesto to create intricate post black metal that is full of emotion and introspection.

This is fundamentally a beautiful, soulful album. There are traces and passages of harshness and brutality, but it is measured and exists purely to provide a juxtaposition to the fragile beauty. The sound is lush and enveloping. It is soothing and embracing, with wave after wave of gorgeous instrumentation. In the end, this is a thoroughly uplifting album, sometimes minimal and reserved but, in the main, euphoric and transcendental. Absolutely wonderful.

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