Notforgiven

Notforgiven is a very, very weird beast- infinitely weirder than its cover art would imply.

This is, unmistakably, depressive black metal. The throat-ripping shrieks of despair, the despondent riffs and melodies, the doomy overtones... It's all there. But it's also... Glitchy, shoegazey, ambient bedroom pop? With lounge elements, of all things..? Even the riffs are unconventional, running the gamut from Forgotten Tomb, to Trist, to melodic funeral doom a la Mournful Congregation, ... read more