The Industrial Twilight: Cthulhu Biomechanical - "Ph'nglui Mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh Wgah'nagl Fhtagn" [1996]

Wednesday, April 11, 2018

Cthulhu Biomechanical - "Ph'nglui Mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh Wgah'nagl Fhtagn" [1996]

Artist: Cthulhu Biomechanical

Title: Ph'nglui Mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh Wgah'nagl Fhtagn

Genre: Dark Ambient

Country: Russia

Release date: 1996

Track List:

Fragment I - The Sky of Yuggoth (Summoning Cthulhu)
Fragment II - Dream of Cthulhu (Deep in the Ocean)
Fragment III - Ph'nglui Mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh Wgah'nagl Fhtagn
Fragment IV - Cosmic Streams (Melancholy of Cthulhu)

This brilliantly named project was started in 1996 by the members of Draugwath - one of the first black metal bands from Russia, which later became quite well known after changing name to Blackdeath. Like in case with many side projects by 2nd wave black metal bands, it's very minimalistic dark/drone ambient. The sound is purely guitar-based (no synths whatsoever) and supposed to convey the true Lovecraftian horror atmosphere. This is as kvlt as it could get :) Interestingly, Cthulhu Biomechanical (often shortened to just Cthulhu) are still active today, having released a new album (which I haven't listened to yet) in the beginning of this year. As for this cassette, you can check it out here.

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