Black Narcissus - Where the Flowers Grant You Wishes (2020) EN

Black Narcissus make a super modest duo out of Belgium who introduces themselves as "2-piece rhythm section providing intense and atmospheric tunes of monumental proportion". Modest because they are so much more than rhythm section what they prove on their second one, after 2018's Beyond The Whispers Of Common Men, album called Where the Flowers Grant You Wishes.

And of course I cannot shy away from the fact that it's yet another very much and very heavy guitar project from Belgium, this country has this thing for this kind of music. Anyway, the duo consisting of Thomas Wuyts and Jesse Massant, show a great deal of post-rock music with huge inspirations drawn from progressive rock and those monumentalism vibes - it's not only about their music, just read the track titles and study the cover art to get the notion of the atmosphere usually known from myths or fantasy literature.

The impression is further deepened by sampled spoken word sounding on guitar riff-filled compositions. This is this prog rock inspiration I usually don't appreciate that much but I'm ready to say that it sounds really good here. Probably because it builds up the very dark and very dense atmosphere of the album, ruling this music especially in the particularly good She Yields to None but Time.

Where the Flowers Grant You Wishes costs 8 EUR.

Check: She Yields to None but Time

Country: Belgium

Genre: progressive post-rock

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