Carpe Noctem - “In Terra Profugus”

Iceland is a place that has always fascinated me as a largely inhospitable land of extremes, where fire and ice meet, thus creating landscapes as much breath-taking as barren. Also when it comes to musical production, Iceland is a good place to be. It has nurtured fabulous bands of several genres - just look at Sigur Rós, Svartidauði, Sólstafir or Fortíð. Last year, we witnessed the release of the debut opus from one of the most exciting bands in the Icelandic metal scene and in worldwide black metal in general: Carpe Noctem’s “In Terra Profugus”. A masterpiece of sombre, frenetic, disharmonic black metal sprinkled with mid-tempo beats, slower, more ambient interludes with clean guitars, and occasional straightforward “classic” black metal riffs. Besides, I found out that two of their members have played in other amazing black metal band, which unfortunately split-up, Dysthymia (check out their only full-length, “The Shivering Opus”, released in 2008).  “In Terra Profugus” is a mandatory album for fans of Deathspell Omega and Carpe Noctem’s fellow countrymen Svartidauði.

Anyhow, since I’m aware I suck big time reviewing music, enough bullshit and listen to what they have to play.