Dark Souls metal really speaks to me.
The themes of the Dark Souls series; the darkness, the beauty, and the struggle with and against the self are all really deeply moving to me. And what Firelink did on their first album, "The Inveterate Fire", I think was really going in the direction of perfectly capturing those themes in musical composition. The movement of the music leading from quiet, uneasy peace into brutal defeat and righteous triumph in equal measure... just *chef's ... read more