Shamvlaki

The soothing soundtrack of buzzing insects mixed with totally not terrifying noises.

This track felt like I'm changing channels on a TV being half conscious on sleeping pills📺

❕Fact: Frontman Peter Steele was heavily struggling with cocaine and alcohol addiction while making the album and parts of it were written while he was actively dealing with withdrawal.
• The track “White Slavery” is literally about his cocaine addiction

Fun fact: The name references Giles Corey, a man pressed to death during the Salem witch trials.
Hypnotic album or someone could say tedious. It’s powerful, but not enjoyable in a conventional sense. It’s something you experience, not something you casually put on.