Description
Black Murder is not interested in atmosphere as decoration. It wants rupture.
Feasts sounds stripped to the bone. No bloom. No grandeur. No indulgence. What remains is pressure, impact and a kind of raw violence that keeps hitting long after the riff has passed. In that sense, this is black metal reduced until it becomes a blunt instrument.
The Les Légions Noires connection matters, but not as a badge. You hear it in the hostility, in the refusal to explain, and in the way the material keeps itself shut. Rather than inviting the listener in, it lets him stand near the blast radius and decide whether to stay there.
That is what makes it so ugly in the right way. Riffs repeat until they scar, while the structure keeps narrowing around them. Because of that, the sound never expands. It corners. It chokes. It leaves almost nothing behind except abrasion and instinct.
Names like Mütiilation, Vlad Tepes, Antaeus and Funeral Mist point toward the same territory. Even so, Feasts keeps its own shape. It does not feel ceremonial. Instead, it feels immediate, rabid and starved, like something that has gone too long without restraint and has no intention of recovering it now.
This 2023 edition comes on pro-tape with J-card and sealed presentation. For that reason, the format matters. A release like this should not feel polished or domesticated. The cassette gives it the right physical character. At the same time, it keeps the object small, illicit, easy to hide and easy to keep close.
Black Murder t works best for listeners who do not want beauty, closure or balance. It offers attack. Nothing more. Nothing less.
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