侍 THE SAMURAI - 侍 二 The Samurai II LP variant:PURPLE and subtle folk transitions

and subtle folk transitions

• Red Smoke

has sought a distinctive path within black metal

and the distant echoes of funeral marches

or ‘Shades’ derive from

侍 THE SAMURAI - 侍 二 The Samurai II LP variant:PURPLE and subtle folk transitionsRaw melodic black metal with a regal disposition that carries its abrasive melancholy with an assured presence. This offering from Japanese project (The Samurai) is persisting through the veils of primitive noise, producing a succession of tracks that subtly ascend towards a long form climax that repeats a hauntingly, catchy refrain throughout. Like a morbid mantra of nihilism this is some really well crafted, spell binding and atmospheric raw black