DESCRIPTION IN APHELION could be the ultimate extreme metal adrenalin rush. It is the euphoric, black metal brainchild of guitarist/vocalist Sebastian Ramstedt (best known as guitarist and songwriter with Necrophobic).

Darker, stranger, more epic and progressive than admirers of his work were expecting, this new outlet for dark, artistic expression emerged firmly tethered to the white-knuckle viciousness of benchmark, Northern European black metal, while also exhibiting a profound affiliation with both classic, traditional heavy metal and the black magic of psychedelic repetition. The atmosphere of “Reaperdawn” is a swirling maelstrom of obsidian sparkle and iridescent grime.

IN APHELION’s masterful blending of arcane blasphemy with grandiose, old school bluster has reached a new level of potency, as songs like momentous opener “The Fields In Nadir” and the woozily anthemic “When All Stellar Light Is Lost” further subvert the black metal ethos; with superhuman blasting and skull-rattling thrash tropes underpinning some truly euphoric and inspirational surges of melodic malice. Tracks: CD
The Fields in Nadir
A Winter Moon's Gleam
When All Stellar Light Is Lost
The Darkening
They Fell Under Blackened Skies
Further from the Sun
Reaperdawn
Aghori

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