Artist: Second To Sun
Title: The Black
Genre: Black/Groove Metal
Country: Russia
Year: 2018
Year: 2018
- Ladoga Master
- The Wall
- Chokk Kapper
- Vasilisa
- Region 13
- The Fool
- Mrakobesie pt. 1: Divine
- Mrakobesie pt. 2: Letter
- Mrakobesie pt. 3: Hunger
- Mrakobesie pt. 4: МК-ULTRA RU
- Heaven Sent (Bonus Track)
"The Black" is certainly different from "Blackbound", not only because of the vocals, but also because of its more aggressive approach. Looks like the band finally found the right proportions for their mix of (post-)black and groove metal. The lyrical themes remain usual for S2S: both real life horror stories and the mythological ones taken from the folk tales of the Russian North and the minor Finno-Ugric peoples. The lyrics, however, are the weakest point of this album: they generally appear like they were written by an edgy teenager with little to no poetic skills. While this isn't going to be a big problem for the listeners that aren't Russian speakers, I still wonder why the quality of lyrics is so poor while the project's mastermind is talking a lot about how he strives for the world-class production quality of his music. Anyway, the stories behind the music are fairly interesting. Enjoy:
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