CRAFT · White Noise And Black Metal | BLACK TAPE

Black music cassette. Limited edition of 333 copies.

Background information about 'White Noise And Black Metal'

There is a moment about two minutes into "The Cosmic Sphere Falls" where Craft simply stop pretending. The riff locks in, the drums start to swing in that ugly, off-kilter way only this band manages, and you realise you are listening to a group that has never once asked for permission. "White Noise And Black Metal" is a record built on that kind of insolence, and it still hits like a brick through a chapel window.

What makes it so gripping is the tension between filth and finesse. The Swedes smear their black metal with punk rock recklessness, then turn around and drop a hook so sharp it could gut you. "Again" lurches and spits, "Tragedy of Pointless Games" coils itself into something genuinely menacing, and "Crimson" rides a groove that feels almost danceable before the whole thing collapses into spite. The production is deliberately raw, but never sloppy, every cymbal crash and every ragged scream lands exactly where it should. By the time "White Noise" closes the thing out, you are sweaty, slightly bruised and grinning like an idiot.

For fans of: Watain, Funeral Mist, Marduk, Dark Funeral, Dissection

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Track listing

A1. The Cosmic Sphere Falls
A2. Again
A3. Undone
A4. Tragedy of Pointless Games
B1. Darkness Falls
B2. Crimson
B3. YHVH’s Shadow
B4. White Noise

Manufacturer: Darkness Shall Rise Productions, Lengenfelder Straße 58, 08107 Kirchberg, Germany, Contact: darknessshallrise.de