▄█████▄ ░█████▄ ▄████▄░█▄ ░█▄ ▄█████▄ ███▄██ ▄██ ▄█▄ ▄██████ ▄█▄ ▄███ ░████░██▀████▓ ▀██ ▄██░▀█████ ████ ███▓ ██████▓██ ▓███████ ███▓░▀█▀████ ███▓ ███▓ ▓███░ ██ ██▄ ▄██▓██ ▓███▓██░ ▓███░███░███████████▄ ███░███░ ███░ ▄███ ███ ▄█▀░ ████████░██ █████████▄ ▓██░███ ███▓█████████ ███████ ███ ███░ ███████ ███▓ ░██ ██ ██████▓ ░██ ▀██ ███░███▓██████ ███▓███ ███ ███ ████████░███░ ███ ██▄ ██▓███░ ██▄ ██░██▓ ███ ▀▀████ ███░███ ███ ███ ███▓░███████░ ███ ███▓██ ███ ███▓██▓██░ ███ ▓████ ███ ███ ▓██▓ ███ ███░ ▓██████ ███ ▓████ ▓██▄ ▓████████ ███ ▓███ ███ ███ ███░███ ███ ░██████ ███ ░████ ░███ ███▓███▓ ███ ░███ ███ ███ ██▓███ ███ ███▓██ ███ ███ ▓██▄ ███░███░ ███ ███ ███ ███ ░█████ ███ ██▓░██▄ ███ ▓█▀ ▓██▄ ███ ██░ ███ ██▓ ███ ███ ░███▀ ░█▀ ██░ ██ ░█▀ ░███▄ ▀ ▀ ▓█▀ ███░ ░█▀ ██▀ ██░ ▄██▀ ░█▄ ▄███▀ ░██ ░ ██ ▓░ ▓░ ██░ ▓█░ ░█▀ ▀█░ ░█▓ ░ ██ ██ Artist: Krowos / Malepeste ██ ██ ▓ █░░ ■█ Album: Mysterium Coniunctionis █■ ░░█ ■ █▓▀ █ Year: 2014 █ ▀▓█ ░ █ ▓ Rel. Date: 2017-02-24 ▓ █ ▒ ▒ Genre: Black Metal ▒ ▒ █▄ ░ Label: Winter Solace Productions ░ ▄█ ░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█ ░ █▓ Type: Split ▓█ ░ ▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓ ▓ █ █ ░ ▓ ▄ ■ ■ ▓ ■ ░█ █░ ▀ █ Mysterium Coniunctionis opens with a short, █ █ slightly horrifying intro (no idea who created █ █ this piece) before bringing excellent material by █ █ two great acts, Italian five-piece Krowos and █ █ French quartet Malepeste. The stuff will be █ █ released via Minnesota-based Winter Solace █ █ Productions. █ █ First band is SicilyÆs Krowos (Frozen-d, Mescⁿn-b █ █ [he left in mean time], Bheltregus-g, Tsade-v, and █ █ Imbris-g; these guys being formerly or currently █ █ involved with e.g. Arcanum Inferi, Valefar or Guru █ █ Of Darkness), formed in 2011 and highly █ █ appreciated for their contributions on splits with █ █ the likes of Anar, Mors Spei and Mystica Nox, yet █ █ especially for the album Enthroning Our End █ █ (Schattenkult Produktionen, 2013). They play a █ █ rather slow-paced form of melodic and melancholic █ █ so-called Depressive Black Metal with attention █ █ for the song structures and the rhythmic █ █ components, finally resulting in a chilly, almost █ █ uncomfortable atmosphere of despair and hate. The █ █ songs are based on repetitive riffs and icy █ █ screams (though I think these ones are somewhat █ █ silly from time to time), with a great rhythm █ █ section (drums and bass lines, for example, are █ █ just fine, and the leads are subtly intertwined █ █ throughout the oppressive and ominous █ █ compositions). And with ærather slow-pacedÆ (see █ █ higher), I do not refer to the whole part of this █ █ story. The Revelation Of The Vases, for example, █ █ is a very energetic, speed-up attack with a mostly █ █ thrashing edge of fury, much more related to the █ █ Second Wave-current than the Funeral / Suicidal / █ █ Melancholic scene, but it certainly fits to the █ █ concept by these Italians. 85/100 █ █ Malepeste are an Art Of Necromancy side-project, █ █ formed in 2010 in Lyon, France, and (on this █ █ split) consisting of vocalist Larsen, bass player █ █ Nostradamus, drummer Flexor, and guitarist Xahaal. █ █ They self-released the Dereliction full length in █ █ 2013, but I have no idea if they recorded / █ █ released anything else that was as æhugeÆ. Their █ █ contribution on Mysterium Coniunctionis is an █ █ occult, mystic one, and if I didnÆt know any █ █ better, I would have guessed this one was the █ █ Italy-based act out of the two contributors. █ █ MalepesteÆs Black Metal is of a mostly eerie kind, █ █ pretty nihilistic and primitive (and that is not █ █ an insult, nor a negative statement, but a █ █ compliment). There is a specific haunting █ █ atmosphere that is both uncomfortable and █ █ suffocative, caused as well by elements like that █ █ terribly slow-pounding tempo and the grim, █ █ autumnal sound. These guys are full of superb █ █ ideas, but they canÆt achieve all of them, I █ █ think. But I am not the one who will complain, for █ █ I truly adore this specific implementation. and █ █ this part of the split is truly a grow-experience, █ █ for each time I like the material more and more. █ █ Especially Lascivious Thoughts and Cosmic Crypt █ █ are nascent classics, performed with such █ █ persuasion and passionà █ ▓ ▓ ▒ ▒ ░ 1. Krowos & Malepeste - Intro 2:01 ░ ░ 2. Krowos - The Abyss of Perdition 5:04 ░ ░ 3. Krowos - The God of the Eternal Sand 6:50 ░ ░ 4. Krowos - The Revelation of the Vases 4:00 ░ ░ 5. Malepeste - Hymn for Him 6:22 ░ ░ 6. Malepeste - Lascivious Thoughts 3:58 ░ ░ 7. 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