Review: Seth's new album "La France des Maudits"

Black Metal band from France Seth, released today their new album, through Season of Mist, La France des Maudits. This is their seventh album,

Seth have been around for quite some time (with an hiatus in the middle at some point), and I quite enjoy Seth's music. This album is no exception.

What can you expect of La France des Maudits? 

Well. It has 8 songs plus a bonus track, all in French Alexandrine. Seth play a more melodic Black Metal than not. This album is also melodic, touching the emotional even. As you can imagine by the name of the album, their songs are quite rebellious and full of anger and fury too. 

When I say their music is melodic, I mean that besides the blast beats and the aggressive riffs and voice full of despair, the songs stick to your head. It is not a raw Black Metal band, and at the same time their songs are not exactly catchy, but the melodies stay with you. You may find yourself humming the tunes hours after you heard the album for the first time.

Seth really know how to make you feel their songs. You feel all the pain, all the hatred, all the wrath. La France des Maudits is a very tumultuous and heated album, and you can fell it right in your core.

There are two tracks that are calmer. The 4th song Dans le Cœur un Poignard is almost like a ballad, as if gradually preparing us for Marianne, which is an instrumental song. It serves almost as a break before they return with more anger, more brutality, more rage.

My favourite track might actually be the one after that, Ivre du Sang des Saints. It brings such a burning feeling.

I was very much anticipating this album, and I'm very happy to hear how it turned out. Once again, Seth showing us how they can make such a passionate and intense Black Metal. 

If you're into this fast and also melodic Black Metal, with keyboards on the background giving even more strength and emphasis to the suffered atmosphere, you'll love La France des Maudits. It's the perfect soundtrack for when you have to let it all out. All your anger, all your pain, all your agony. I loved every bit of it.