Feral Lord is a Raw Avant-garde Black Metal band from the US. On May 6th, 2022, the band released their second studio album, “Vires In Absoluto”, which would gratify Deathspell Omega fans. The album was released through Wilt-shine and Geistraum Records, and promoted through Shred Storm PR.
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The First Three Sins of Vires In Absoluto
Let’s start by discussing the first three sins of Feral Lord and their album, Vires In Absoluto
The First Sin, The Strings/Keys: Features raw riffage consisting of unnerving passages and melody/dissonant harmonies/tremolo picking — within the passages is a presence of “violin of death”. The Second Sin, The Vocals: Involves inhuman vocals. The Third Sin—The Percussions: Delves into the vast world of raw primitive drumming, patterns and blast beats.
The Fourth Sin: Overall Discussion:
I know no throne. I march through lands uncharted. Furthermore, I live inside your soul.
Immediately the listener presses that play button, one is welcomed to the opening track, Vires In Absoluto, which welcomes the listener with an unplugged introduction of acoustic and raw drumming. Followed close behind by embracing raw/aggressive instrumentation and vocals. Where one will find this raw/aggressive atmosphere continues throughout the remaining five tracks which consists of moments of catching the listener off guard with a captivating experience of dark acoustic sections that torture one’s mind.
Following suit with the remaining five pieces, the band takes the listener on a journey of “overpowering desire to go beyond with their music and inspiration drawn from classic legendary black metal acts”, – creating this juxtaposition of elements within the album, with a feeling both familiar and alien, natural yet experimental.
Vires In Absoluto is overall of extreme constant balancing between experimentation, tradition, melody and dissonance, atmosphere and aggression. This is what gives the album that true darkly experimental nightmare of assaulting the listener’s ears with a harsh assaulting segment that suddenly gives way to an unexpected atmosphere-focused section of a track. The sudden change catches the listener off guard. Still, you appreciate the respite allotted to you before the song resumes its assault.
Simultaneously, the album itself is well-written (long pieces) and provided by well-balanced, excellent well-executed devilmanship, a production that sounds very professional. Each piece is draped by (again catching one off guard/tormenting the mind of the person) with dark acoustic moments (which fills that grey void within the musical spectrum), and various tempos/moods such as moments of the songs being either slow or fast.
This duo has shown us time and time again that they can produce incredible music when their powers combine, music that hits all major points of being dark and relentless. An acceptable dose of direct ferocious, dark, powerful, heavy/brutal, raw and harsh atmosphere.
The album comes to an end with the last song, Fanatic Enemies of the Mundane Order. We want to give a shoutout to Shred Strom for letting us review Feral Lord and their Vires In Absoluto album. Now, we’re going to wrap it up by talking about the final three sins and concluding the review.
The Last Three Sins
Let’s discuss the last three sins of Feral Lord and their album, Vires In Absoluto
The Fifth Sin, The Memorabilia:
For me, Feral Lord and their Vires In Absoluto album, is another release that’s neither dull nor repetitive – with every project unleashed, each project constantly pushes the envelope on heaviness, speed, brutalisation, aggression, and experimentation.
The Sixth Sin, The Artwork:
The artwork beautifully embodies the unique feel and look of this tarot card, capturing its mystical essence.
The Seventh Sin, Disrelish:
Nothing to disrelish within the musical spectrum of Feral Lord, and their album Vires In Absoluto. Therefore, this concludes Feral Lord, and their album Vires In Absoluto review.
Members
Plaguehammer: drums
Nythroth: strings, vocals
Track-Listing
01. Vires In Absoluto
02. Death Brings Glory
03. Inversion of all Truths
04. Severitas… Gnosis Infernalis
05. The Cold Embrace of Abyssal Entities
06. Fanatic Enemies of the Mundane Order
