Veineliis "In This Forest Shall Be My Gallows" CD

Official release of the demo "In This Forest Shall Be My Gallows" after the 2004 self-release on MC. Limited to 500 copies.

One-man German band Veineliis offers with this demo a thirty minute nocturnal trip to the forest in which a suicide will take place. "In this forest shall be my gallows" is a noteworthy addition to this black metal sub-genre I personally admire the most. The sense of pure emotional honesty and (mostly) negative landscapes are among the best things non-compromising black metal underground can offer. Veineliis' demo (now released also on CD) starts with a song called "The yearning's yell" that spends couple of seconds building up the distorted wall of guitar before the drums join in. The main riff in this song is very promising and convincing. It has the sense of simultaneous apathy and passivity while it is very ominous, forward-going and haunting. It is a simple riff with simple variations that make it a very good way to start this piece of music.
The second song is named "Ghastly life" and it is an interesting one. First I thought the main riff was very dull and not too depressive nor playful for that matter. After couple of listens I started to like it and now I can say it is a very treacherous riff - in a dreamlike way! It may sound nothing special or, as I felt, dull, but soon you may notice having different feelings and visions towards it. Needless to say atmospheres like this are mandatory and (almost) unique to this type of black metal that lives deep under the ground and away from the masses of consumption and entertainment. If "Ghastly life" was human being, I would never trust him, but as a seven minute song it works fine in this kind of demented work!
Third song "Wind" is at its best at the latter part of it. There we are introduced to a beautiful yet simple melody of total melancholy and despair. It sounds occasionally like Veles in their "Night on the bare mountain" with Veineliis' own personal touch. Rest of the album can't compete with the first half in my opinion. However, the outro piece called "A silent hanging corpse" builds for the last time some wonderfully sorrowful soundscapes that close this recording.
Veineliis' demo CD has its own recognizable ideas that stand out for the patient listener among all the underground black metal we can hear nowadays. I also have Veineliis' 12'' split LP with another very talented and harrowing German artist Kältetod. Both releases are recommended for those adventurous into this kind of metal that expresses only feelings of negativity.

Sample: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...