Carved Cross (Australia) - Caustic Allure of Manifest Hallucination (Album 2023)

After a prolific year in splits from the Tasmanian tyrants, Carved Cross is back with a new full-length recording. The project’s 7th album to date, and a band which should need no introduction by now. 3 tracks of what they do best, mid-paced primitive and entrancing Black Metal, filled with minimalist melodicism and melancholy accompanied by the ever dragging drums and screams of misanthropy and negativism that, similarly to their last full-length in “Lamentations“ returns to a rawer, more crude and grainy register and production than the previous full-lengths. Just like “Lamentations“ as well, and what has been now a staple in their recent albums, the album closes with an Ambient track, with blown-out but beautifully haunted, nocturnal synths, echoing through the bucolic woods, while accompanied by the pummel of the drums. Released on LP and CD via ASRAR. ASRAR: Tracklist: 1 Praxis Of Concealed Burden 00:00 2 Departure Of Submission 09:36 3 Awakening To Perturbation 18:55 4 Termination Desire 33:16 All rights belong to Carved Cross and ASRAR. Video will be deleted upon request.