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 previously played in Vorago, Aisling, and Melancholia Estatica. In 2004 they released the demo ‘Marching Upon Forgotten Ashes,’ which apparently caused a little buzz and last year they released another untitled demo shortly thereafter signing with Serpens Caput Productions to release their debut album.
The music on ‘In Umbrarum Imperii Gloria’ is a tough one to describe indeed 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 both intense black metal screams and eerie sounding operatic like vocals. The guitars really give off this sinister vibe during some of the more 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 frightening black metal is what you can expect out of this recording from Absentia Lunae. However its limited to just four hundred copies and released on vinyl only, so you’d best hurry if you want to hear this dark menacing black metal album.
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