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XASTHUR "Nocturnal Poisoning"

Imagine the deepest reaches of the mind as the razor streaks across wrists. This is suicidal grandeur unlike anything ever produced by an American black metal band. Reminding of Manes, Mutilation and Abyssic Hate in terms of absolute self destruction. Bleak images of solitude await you...

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REVIEWS:

A great depressive black metal piece, makes me think back to the old burzum days. If your like me and spend hours listening in the dark this is perfect.
Abaddon - RedStream.org

This disc is the kind of album that can depicting to you the most depressive, dark and melancholic side of BM. It's about 70 minutes of anguish, listening to the hateful screams of the singer, accompanied by slow riffs, wrapping keyboards (here used in a really cool way, not like all the keyboard oriented shit) and so on. This album is one of the kind you should listen alone with your feelings, not other ways to play it. The sole member of the band, Malefic (interviewed here), has composed and realised really a cool album, with the power to hold you in a depressive dimension for all its length, something that is not so easy to find in nowadays BM. I suggest this Cd to all those who like to listen to music that can transmit dark feelings to the listener; those who are searching for easy listening disc of "headbanging" extreme metal, should stay away.
Infernal Fields 'Zine