The Italian black metal band Absentia Lunae first formed back in 2002 when Climaxia (guitars), Khrael x.e. (drums), and Ildanach (vocals) came together having also played in bands like Vorago, Aisling, and Melancholia Estatica along the way. In 2004 they released the demo ‘Marching Upon Forgotten Ashes,’ which apparently caused a little buzz and in 2006 their debut album ‘In Umbrarum Imperii Gloria’ was released. Sometime has past as I’ve eagerly waited for a new album and finally in 2009 the band released their new creation titled, ‘Historia Nobis Assentietvr.’
The music of Absentia Lunae is a tough one to describe as it mostly lies in the brutal black metal genre, but there’s a sick sense of melody present and even a dark doom-ish like quality to the music here and there. Generally speaking though, Absentia Lunae plays rather high-speed with fast pounding almost grindcore like sounding drums, quickly paced guitars, and with intense black metal screams and eerie sounding operatic like vocals. The guitars really give off this sinister vibe during some of the slower melodic moments and even the bass guitar has this creepy tone to it at times, plus Ildanach’s vocals are beyond great.
Really exceptional frighteningly beautiful black metal is what I was hoping for from this band when I got my hands on this album and Absentia Lunae has absolutely fulfilled my hopes.
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