Great Cold Emptiness - Death Gifted a Bouquet (2020) EN

Great Cold Emptiness is the result of collaboration between multi-instrumentalist Nathan Guerrette and vocalist Meghan Wood. The band have just released their second LP called Death Gifted a Bouquet  and presented there their absolutely phenomenal, diverse post-metal/blackgaze.

There's so much on this album. Already the first track, The Erotic Waltz, starts by tearing the space apart with its airy vocal-induced post-metal with Violet Cold's vibes only to change to greatly moody piano passage with Gregorian choir and finally to folk-inspired atmospheric dark noise. This unorthodox amalgamation of airy, sometimes even sacral elements with post-metal nature of the Americans' music is the most interesting thing on the album and it climaxes probably in The Little Deer. 

The whole album is carefully thought through and "follows the story of a grieving mother living in solitude in the middle of a large autumn forest and the straining relationship she has with her daughter". Therefore not only the darkness of post-metal but also folk inspirations are well justified. The album is so diverse and engaging that it completely didn't feel like an hour, fantastic work.

Death Gifted a Bouquet costs 7 USD.

Check: The Erotic Waltz

Country: Maine, US

Genre: airy post-metal
Label: Flowing Downward

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