NortT / XASTHUR

The Profile

A split release by two one-person extreme music projects: Nortt (Danish funeral/doom project) and Xasthur (American depressive/black metal project, associated with Malefic). The record blends funeral doom, drone, ambient and depressive black metal.

Xasthur is the American one-man black metal project often associated with the name Malefic. Nortt is a Danish one-man project associated with funeral doom and death-doom styles. The release 'A Curse For The Lifeless' is a split between the two projects.

A split between Nortt and Xasthur blending funeral doom, depressive black metal and drone. Marcel Proust's review praises its meditative bleakness and cinematic sorrow. The record is described as transcending black metal toward a colder, more contemplative sound. Recommended for listeners seeking bleak, cinematic metal.