Farsot
I I I I

THE REVIEW

It was back in 1996 when Satyricon released "Nemesis Divina", an album that, as far as I'm concerned, marked the end of an era. At that time, the black metal scene was already saturated with releases. This period resulted in an embarrassingly inverse situation, where the great quantity of products did not match an adequate quality.

Now, eleven years later, at a time when black metal is no longer a mass phenomenon; when the misanthropic musical concept at the base of black metal seems to have returned to its origins; when the undisputed fathers Mayhem get lost in experimentations that have neither head nor tail; while the authors of the aforementioned "Nemesis Divina" chase a concept of post black metal in which no one believes anymore, not even them, some "NEW" bands are emerging in the market, destined to inevitably take their place. And if the name Shining is already a classic, the name Farsot may not be, but I am sure it will soon warm, or rather freeze, the hearts of lovers of this dark and evil music.

Farsot is a German project that has been active for a few years now, and only now over the long haul has managed to debut with a work that directly stands alongside the historical titles of the genre. Obviously, we are talking about classic black metal, in which a strong dark component is accentuated, a combination that allows us to define the music in question as dark black metal. The themes addressed by the band are classic: Hatred, Fear, Death, Pain, and to each of these words correspond as many songs, while three are the brief dark ambient musical interludes. The four songs have a length that grows exponentially, reaching up to twenty minutes in the concluding "Trauer", a song where the concept of mental and physical isolation is expressed in music. Twenty minutes in which icy guitar interplays provide the ideal backdrop to the vocalist's screams loaded with hatred and despair. Obviously, the influences in Farsot's music can be traced back to the grooves of Satyricon and Darkthrone, influences which, however, are reworked in a more modern style. The music evolves regardless of a system that demands stylistic immobility. The top-notch technical skills allow Farsot's music to alternate moments of pure black metal ferocity with more atmospheric moments where despair finds the right way to reach our ears.

Farsot's debut album is not just music but an ideal that will never die.