Title: A View From A Afar
Label: Sef released
Release Date: 11 March 2018
Country: Germany
Distinctive, fundamental and at the same time an impossibly perfect symbiosis of elements. A bonfire on a starless night, rising ambers in an effortless dance to the dim eternity of ash … a relentless reach of a higher shrine. Green tinted specs of light filtering through. Insisting. An infinite cadence of rays escaping the caverns of light. Waves. Dark waves lit up only by moonlight … washing… eroding the steps … solitary pathway into the eternal forest. An escape? Perhaps. Rising from the deep abyss, from the eternal dungeon of torment. The never-ending, torturing, apocalyptic riff of the Tartarus paving the way. A cosmic march from within. Chaotic. Silent and controlled at times. Unpredictable. A world at the mercy of nature. Earth shifter. The crude reality of delusional choices - a labyrinth of despair and false redemption. One lone eclipsed path through the great divide … Formed in 2012, BELOW A SILENT SKY went through a couple of minor lineup adjustments, before releasing their debut EP in 2014. The lineup of: Diego Walch (bass), Robin Ritter (guitar), Christian Schneiderwind (guitar) and Heinz Götze (drums), remained unchanged since. Their full-length debut album “Corrosion” was independently released in 2015. The band remains unsigned. The sound quality of this recording, further emphasizes the utterly atmospheric essence of this outstanding album. Recorded, mixed and mastered by Philipp Schwetschenau at audiophil music production in Erfurt, Germany. (I only wish it was pressed on vinyl.) Highly recommended. 8/10 By UHF
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