I am a long time fan of HPL, therefore I was interested in what is done here. As it is well known the mythology of the Old Gods (Cthulhu cult) has been worked upon in metal music a hundred times before; so the idea is not exactly new. To quote the band itself: „We created a distressing heavy sound with a dense multi-layered dark orchestration.“ Well yeah...Now, I am not a musician myself but I am listening to metal music since 1984, so I am sort of qualified to put forth my opinion. There are two things to say: The music itself is a combination of black/death/gothic metal, meaning like Demigod, Ancient and Theatre of Tragedy playing in one band. All of the named bands trademarks appear in each song in close sequence or simultaniously.

This makes the songs sound so overloaded that I don´t know...well this can be called „experimental“ by good will while in fact it is just confusing. The band wants too much at once. There is no room for a melody to develop or for a catchy riff to come right through. It seems at times that the female voice sings „against“ the music; while it better should accompanying it. There is no homogeneity whatsoever. In my opinion, the band would do better to create a clear doom/death/back/gothic song and then stick to it.

Secondly the sound needs to develop from the 90s into the new century, especially the keys are badly needed to add some atmosphere to the music. I would not concede, that there is any Lovecraftian- atmosphere to be found here. Now for the good side: the voices are very variable and the musicians can actually play their instruments and there are fine parts here and there. So if the songwriting improves, there can be a positive outcome like Darzamat or Carach Angren.

The review was written by Starduster for Undergrounded.de

1. The Shadows Over Innsmouth
2. Haunted Relic 
3. A Silent Pier 
4. Between The Fog And The Sea 
5. Esoteric Order Of Dagon 
6. De Profundis Mysteriis 
7. Facing Darkness Part I
8. Facing Darkness Part II
9. Beyond
10. Fallen Angel