As I mentioned in my earlier review of Nachtmystium’s ‘Worldfall’ EP, the band began life as a fairly common lo-fi, raw, dissonant and cold sounding black metal band and for the most part they were utterly terrible in less of course you’re REALLY into that particular sound. However after the ‘Demise’ full-length the band released this short five song twenty one minute EP called ‘Eulogy IV,’ which was the first truly interesting output from this Illinois, USA based band.
After a fast, catchy and old school sounding black metal song called, ‘My Vengeance’ the band treats my ears to one of the absolute most breathtaking black metal songs ever conceived with the title track, ‘Eulogy IV.’ The song opens with an absolutely magnificent guitar solo and then rips into a commanding but sorrowful dirge of epic black metal godliness which is all at once; memorable, stunning and spellbinding in its overall execution. I fucking love this song. Following the title track is another unforgettable song called, ‘Bleed for Thee,’ which once again has amazing melodic characteristics and an astounding solo at the end of the song that follows behind Blake’s malevolent screams flawlessly. Just stunning. ‘The Wound which cannot heal’ starts out as a relentless and scathing black metal song, but midway through the song slows up considerably and once again a solo of absolute bliss begins to pour out of my speakers. The final song, ‘You get nothing’ is similar to the opener and it’s a fast paced vile sounding black metal song that completely pummels the senses.
Eulogy IV is an interesting listen since the songs are still clearly black metal and still have the typical raw lo-fi guitar sound present, though the melodic qualities and varying speeds make it a very engaging listen. I highly recommend this EP as well as everything Nachtmystium has released following it.
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