"Howling from beyond the shimmering mirrorverse of million myths, shattered pieces of glass penetrating the modernist moral mercy of those weak of woe, tyranny of the tower foul, hunts in stench of blood that entity only known in ranting herald of Wulvyr. Birthed from Albionic of woven womb in the age of 2021, Wulvyr’s debut demo, MMXXI, was a torrent of tormented defiance, one that would act as a bloodstained stepping stone towards its second assault upon the monotheism of the mundane. For only by the mould fragrant fury of Under the Dark Soil, does this gnosis of lore long lost, now retained, come to acolytes in spectacle of physical artefact.
Folkgnosis is the soul splitting sacrifice to the myriad of immortals faded into the mouldering pages of history. A truly tremendous cacophony of raw black metal, Folkgnosis is a powerful rendering of dreadful dirge, one that will strip the spirit from any experiencing its furious onslaught of blast beat bastard hammer execution. Collecting its eight sided star spells in wonderful contrast of composition, Wulvyr here unleashes a crusade of fist striking chord cruelty, shrieking vocal vicious rotation, unrelenting percussive unmerciful patterns, discordant reverb rancid production, and chilling ambient passages that provide the perfect contrast to the frenzy most spells drown those experiencing it within. A tornado of tome incineration to bring sadistic salvation to those seeking only the empower of potent punishment.
Limited to 100 cassette tapes by glacial chasms of the fallen frontier.
Can you have your black metal with no moronic samples, with guitars downtuned to drill holes in your very self, hypnotizing bass lines, drums that are something more than blast beats and vocals that don't need to be soaked in reverb, and on top of it fast, melodic, headbanging and catchy?
Yes.
p.s. my grandma used to say: never judge a metal album by its intro. YomaBarr
True crime gets a blackened hardcore twist on the UK band's debut album, inspired by an unsolved mystery from 2013. Bandcamp New & Notable Nov 23, 2022
There are plenty of self-styled experimental black metal outfits out there. Of all the one's I've had the outré pleasure of listening to, few can more confidently assert their claims of aberrant practices and subgenre subversion than ISR's output. It's a real testament to the potency of both projects featuring on this split, that the non-black metal elements aren't relegated to curious "filler" status, but are indeed some of the strongest moments on the record. Ben Harris