Sombres Forêts - Royaume De Glace

There's lots of badness and woe happening in the world lately, it seems.  I'm pretty susceptible to media induced sadness. I can't look at images of bloody, terrified protestors, without feeling a bit of that terror myself.  It's an interesting time to be alive, and a frightening one as well. 

What better way to escape the horror, and banality of the modern world, by letting Sombres Forêts take you on a journey through a mystical, frozen, northern forest.  Sombres Forêts is a one person black metal project fronted by Annatar.  True to Uber Kvlt form, the band only has one website, Here; that has not been updated in some time. 

On to the album, It's great.  Excellent, cold production.  Similar to Gris, (the bands are apparently friends, and have collaborated on a project) the production brings me back to classic first wave Norwegian Black Metal, without anything being too tinny, raw, or you know....  Awful.  There are also quiet, acoustic interludes, and good work with keyboards to fill out the overall mournful, almost frightened atmosphere of the record.  I imagine the composer of this record as a sort of woodland sprite, desperate to be heard, and valued, while wanting at the same time to be left alone by humanity's hatefulness, and destructive nature. 

This is good music for nights when you feel like a hunted, miserable, misunderstood creature, which is why I'm going to give it a spin tonight.

Stay safe, friends. 

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