Flaming Ouroboros – Blood (2023)

March 2, 2024

Strong EP from an interesting band. It’s rare that the “sketchy” side of black metal meets the more uhhh, Deafheaven side of the coin (at least to my knowledge) but alas here we are. There is a morose quality to the riffs, and I’m not talking in a DSBM kind of way, I’m talking in a emo / post-(whatever) kind of way. Oddly enough, this works quite well, I must admit. Production is clear enough for the delivery to really work but without losing any of the magic that you get from more obscure black metal recordings.