SPLICED LIFE /
BLACKBEARD'S CHEST / A collection of random treasures
ISSUE 01
Music / Blackbeard's pick
Black Lake
Nidstang
– Agalloch
A dark, subtle selection
for Halloween. Black Lake
Nidstang by Agalloch, who
are easily one of my favourite
black metal bands. Agalloch
continue to impress and
bringing atmosphere and
subtlety to a genre not
known for such things.
Their overriding themes have been and continue to
be the horrors of Ecological Terrorism. BLN is no
different, expressing the loathing of a polluted lake
for its human torturers. The dying humans are in
turn anthropomorphically linked to the lake itself.
John Haughm has one of the most powerful
melodic aggressive, rotten black voices around,
which he holds back until the final 4 minutes of an
18 minute track, made all the more powerful by the
electro, twinkly, fairytale feedback guitar build up.
Prepare for the raw emotion of Haughm letting a
growl rip at around 14 minutes 30 seconds.
Enjoy … an