From Rigo, Latvia: “Eschatos. is an experimental black metal act known for their haunting live performances and unconventional approach to the genre.” Super big drama with heavy guitars but “pretty” elements. Two longish tracks of a digital release that go from parts that smack of dark goth, reminiscent of Pain Teens, Current 93, using pretty estrogen female energy “from the dark forest”, then shifting into more expected Black Metal tones of “evil” vocals. Lots of “creepiness”, samples, dark spooky deathy. “All beauty must die” – Nick Cave. “the wild rose”.

1) (8:30) starts pretty, goth/world, with female vocals like Pain Teens, but 3 minutes in it crashes into black metal goth tone with “evil” male vocals, super dramatic til end “its my death!”, funny stuff 2)* (15:07) slow somber sad strings and creepy sounds to begin this, then a pained woman’s voice creeps in, builds, then after what I assume is part II appears, more standard slow dark black metal, midway the female vocs and guitar tone give this a bit of a slick feel, but not awful, after ~12 minutes what I assume is part III arises, quiet, somber with the woman reciting a dark poem, oh so dark and foreboding, from the dark forest, but it quickly crashes back to heavy black metal with a blood curdling scream! Too much, this stuff cracks me up