Austere "To Lay Like Old Ashes" CD deluxe Digibook

Released as hand-numbered digibook. Limited to 999 copies.

Austere is a very excellent side project, these two members have made another great release, "To Lay Like Old Ashes" is a very great release, and this album reminds me of the great depressive black metal band "Xasthur", the agonized black metal vocals and the heavy depressive riffs have shaped this amazing black metal album. The artwork is very deep, it describes the autumn times of the human's lifetime, I am a great depressive black metal fan and I really like this release.
The vocals are mournful, the agonized screams reminds me of "Silencer" and "Sterbend", I really like this kind of screaming vocals, this kind of vocals are deep and they can describe the deepest point of pain, the sounds of the guitars and the mournful vocals created a hidden beauty within the tracks. The acoustics intro of the album is very amazing, it's too calm and full of meanings, each track is memorable, the mixing of the album has been done well, the drumming is very great and full of energy, every beat took its place to add perfection to the melodies of the guitars sounds.
The clean vocals are very wonderful, they added a very great touch of real depression and desolation,"This Dreadful Emptiness" is my favorite track after all, nine minutes of depressive riffs, nine minutes of melancholic melodies, and there's another thing I like in this album, its the very amazing production, its very crystal, every tune of the keyboards can be heard clearly and every guitar's melody can be perceived well.
Austere is a very great project, and this adorable release should be in your library, this kind of music is memorable, you can't forget any track from this amazing record, these two guys have worked so hard for this album, they worked so hard to satisfy you.

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