Artist: MetalArmyUSA

. . . Obsequiae's Suspended in the Brume of Eos (Bindrune, 2011) is one my favorite metal records this year. It's esoteric yet inviting, intimate yet robust. Current metal rarely feels "hidden", but this record feels like a tromp through some mythic forest. It turns out that this feeling comes from a medieval influence - not from ren fairs, but from sitting down with musical scores and translating olden times into modern metal. Via email, I asked band members Blondel de Nesle and Neidhard von Reuental about this. They seemed touchy about revealing their identities, even [...]

• MetalArmyUSA - OBSEQUIAE - Suspended in the Brume of Eos