Veles – Night on the Bare Mountain (1996)

September 9, 2023

Shaky, ramshackle black metal from the early daze of the Polish scene. Had no idea these guys had ties to Graveland, but the world of black metal is quite incestuous. Night on the Bare Mountain tickles in all the right places, and those turning over rocks after having heard all the genres greats will perhaps find some merit in this blackened gem, as I have. As many have said before, the acoustic passages sparkle with life but the black metal can appear quite flat in parts, which is very odd. Anyway, there we go.