Gravkväde "Grav|Aska" CD Digipack

"I have a great deal of respect for any piece of music that makes the listener feel something negative — something that characterised the early scene, but is rarely accomplished by modern black metal bands — and halfway through this record, I realised that it was making me feel utterly miserable. As I zoned out on the third track, Anderiket, the distress and disquietude that these two gentlemen express began to feel like it belonged to me. While I don’t necessarily feel as though they hate themselves or want to commit suicide as the self-imposed label of DSBM might suggest, I couldn’t help but be reminded of the emptiness and pointlessness of my own existence, and the all-consuming anger I’ve often felt towards modern life. I then began to feel waves of self-loathing and anxiety as my ego scrambled to defend itself against this aural attack. A rare and welcome treat indeed, and certainly not something I expected when I began to listen to this record."

Gravkväde is a two men Black/Doom metal act from Sweden started in 2016.

Sample: youtube.com/watch?v=TyQwpOtb6SM