Vexev "Frater Superior" CD

Descripción Jewel Case with 8-pages booklet. Limited edition 300 copies
Uff, where to start, apart from the fact that the album blew me away on the first listen? Now I've been torturing it for I don't know how many times and I can't get enough. "Frater Superior" is the fourth demo of the Italian Vexev and the first one I've had the chance to listen to (but I'll catch up, because there's something to do!). The band creates raw black metal, with great keyboard backgrounds (they create an atmosphere like no other). I dare say that they are just as important an element here as the guitars, both sections go hand in hand like a solid wall of sound. The album is occult, ritualistic in its aesthetics, full of devilish, mystical aura. "Frater Superior" sounds like a black metal track to some ritual taking place in a forgotten temple, cave, in the dark, by candlelight, with the smell of blood and incense floating in the air. I really liked how the band combined a powerful rhythm section, boosted the entire instrumentation with reverb - giving the material echoes.spatiality, and the vocals were raw, crackling as if from some very old demo, when access to super equipment was unattainable for underground bands. They work together incredibly! It's April and from what I've heard, no material has appeared within black metal so far that would sit so well with me and enchant me so much. They even surpassed Akathartos, which I also rated very highly. I'm waiting for something equally good, if not, then this is the album of the year for me in this topic! Period!
Sample: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mlCRhZxvu8&t=1366s