This gets SO black metal, songs like Sleep and Still-life are the closest we have to danceable atmoblack I'm pretty sure. The noise rock goes straight to this insane abrasive territory with tremolo picking that feels feels so similar to black metal while keeping the features of illbient, except for Still-Life which just fucks everything and creates a horrifyingly beautiful soundscape. Paired with the space ambient and echoing haunted vocals, there's no other atmosphere like Semtex

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One day there will be a Third Eye Foundation I give a 90+ but today is not that day. And I guess I’d say this is my favorite from this project now. Semtex is an interesting Atmospheric Drum & Bass and Illbient album with some blends of Drone, Dark Ambient, Post-Industrial, and even Shoegaze elements. But idk man I think Matt Elliott’s brand of dnb has never fully hit the mark for me and it’s usually the Illbient tracks on his albums that are my favorite. Really liked some ... read more

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GehadAe

This record feels like I have been burned alive in "Sleep", and my soul flies way above the sky, and I'm entering the great and mighty gates of hell, I can't recognize any of all those weird looking creature, but I know for sure they are laughing at me, the heat is burning my eyes slowly as I continue to walk forward, it feels holly but hunting af, I loved it.

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