Long time no see, that's true! Busy times, professionally. However, still find the time every now and then.
Today, what does Lachryma Christi bring you? The review for the debut EP of Manchester act Agvirre, called Silence, which came out on the 24th of January.
So, what do we have here? We have a group of very talented people who play magnific music. And man, this was an awesome surprise.
They say they are a post-black metal band, but in my humble opinion, there's not much of post in there. There are a lot of other influences and you can even listen to violins in there, and very catchy bits, but it still sounds as black metal to me.
Instrumentally, there is a mix of black metal music and vocals, with synths, also with some classical influences.
Silence has three songs. I like to listen to the stuff before I read any description about it. When I heard the first track (which is full of undescribable voices and sounds), I thought: this must be what someone very confused and disturbed and desperate must feel inside their minds.
Turns out that Silence is about struggling with mental illnesses, depression, anxiety, etc. So looks like these lads just did their job perfectly.
The other tracks are more melodic, longer, full of emotional melodic music, as well as very angry and fast blackened metal music, and very disturbed and disturbing (in a good way) also blackened vocals.
The synths and the strings add the perfect amount of catchiness as well as drama and obviously more pain. There were times I wanted to cry my emotions out while listening to it, because it is so bloody good. Very introspective and emotional (I know I'm repeating myself). Brings everything out.
Give it a go.
