Tristitia - One with Darkness (1995)

Beautiful is not a word one would easily associate with black metal, but this is an album that's worth the 'epitaph'. Here's what the Encyclopaedia Metallum has to say about it, I think they reviewed it very aptly:

"Doom-laden soundscapes swirl in the somberness of acoustics, otherworldly keyboards, yearning cello, and the odd gothic overtone the vocals dwell in, hanging portraits of the grandiose throughout the walls of these eleven tracks.

Keyboards are an illustrious partner to the doom, building atmosphere where there would only be the plod of riffs, and the album would bear a much different face and would be woefully generic. Amateurs to morose ambiance this three piece is not.

As an avante-garde production, One With Darkness will not be embraced as easily as most releases, which includes doom endeavors, but then most releases don't simply radiate something either diverse or special either. A sound to be heard, cultivated, and judged."

Tracks
1. Sorrow (01:46)
2. Kiss The Cross (05:55)
3. One With Darkness (06:16)
4. Winds Of Sacrifice (05:09)
5. Burn The Witch (02:48)
6. Hymn Of Lunacy (03:33)
7. Ashes Of The Witch (05:44)
8. Dancing Souls (05:13)
9. Adagio 1809 (04:15)
10. Reminiscences Of The Mourner (07:53)
11. Dance Of The Selenites (06:34)

Total time: 55:06

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posted by Paxjorge @ Friday, March 10, 2006