Melek-Tha reminded us last year that it still is a band you have to
take into account with their appearance on AVA/ES1 Recs' compilation
Lunar Blood Rituals; now, after almost 3 years of silence,
Melek-Tha is back on Cold Spring Records with a new Opus of Oppressant
Music. In my opinion, De Magia... is much sicker than the
debut Astrum Argentinum and certainly more brutal. This
album's theme is obviously Demons and Magic and Middle Ages, and you
can feel that since the very first track announcing Hell on Earth.
The alchemy of the synth layers mixed with samples, noises, screams,
sounds of battles and horses and diabolical chants and incantations
works incredibly well and is guaranted to make you feel paranoid and
sick. For this album is murder. Listen to it in the dark with just two
or three black candles. You can't get out of this with a healthy mind.
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