Hailing from the currently thriving Belgian black metal scene, Lhaäd are a part of The Nox Entity collective, which also includes the likes of Entartung, Rituals of the Dead Hand, and Wolven. THe bands name is an anagram of "hadal." The hadal zone is the deepest region of the ocean, lying within oceanic trenches. The name comes from Hades, the ancient Greek god of the underworld. Fittingly, Lhaäd bring the same, incredibly vast darkness & tension as if they were to capture and take you to the ocean floor, deep within the largest abysses.
The band's third and perhaps final album, Beyond is aptly titled: the landscape of the past has been travelled on, and now only lies the infinite void of possibility - and nothingness. Working with their characteristic framework of martial / cosmic hypnosis - in a black metal context, cue classic Thorns and Darkspace - mainman Lykormas here expands upon the almost-ceremonial aspect of Beneath, bringing that ominous beauty to a breathtaking level. Perhaps literally, that: Beyond, as a whole, is paradoxically much more violent, its tempos categorically cyclonic and speeding. Lhaäd seemingly sense that this is the end, then, whipping forth a world-eating vortex of HUGE sound that's suffocating and spacious simultaneously. "Aquatic" still, if tsunamis count as music, but there's no denying Lykormas' melodicism, which imparts tragedy, tension, and terror with equal aplomb. And the production across Beyond is of a sterling quality, both more organic than those previous and yet somehow more otherworldly.
Hailing from the currently thriving Belgian black metal scene, Lhaäd are a part of The Nox Entity collective, which also includes the likes of Entartung, Rituals of the Dead Hand, and Wolven. THe bands name is an anagram of "hadal." The hadal zone is the deepest region of the ocean, lying within oceanic trenches. The name comes from Hades, the ancient Greek god of the underworld. Fittingly, Lhaäd bring the same, incredibly vast darkness & tension as if they were to capture and take you to the ocean floor, deep within the largest abysses.
The band's third and perhaps final album, Beyond is aptly titled: the landscape of the past has been travelled on, and now only lies the infinite void of possibility - and nothingness. Working with their characteristic framework of martial / cosmic hypnosis - in a black metal context, cue classic Thorns and Darkspace - mainman Lykormas here expands upon the almost-ceremonial aspect of Beneath, bringing that ominous beauty to a breathtaking level. Perhaps literally, that: Beyond, as a whole, is paradoxically much more violent, its tempos categorically cyclonic and speeding. Lhaäd seemingly sense that this is the end, then, whipping forth a world-eating vortex of HUGE sound that's suffocating and spacious simultaneously. "Aquatic" still, if tsunamis count as music, but there's no denying Lykormas' melodicism, which imparts tragedy, tension, and terror with equal aplomb. And the production across Beyond is of a sterling quality, both more organic than those previous and yet somehow more otherworldly.
Label: Amor Fati
Track List:
1. Beyond I
2. Beyond II
3. Beyond III
4. Beyond IV
5. Beyond V
6. Beyond VI
