In my last post I mentioned Strid and Burzum as the
main shapers of a specific branch of black metal stained with depressive
overtones. Today I noticed the grave iniquity committed through the omission of
perhaps the most significant band for the genesis of this kind of music: Forgotten
Woods. Back in the 90’s, while the majority of their fellow Norwegian black
metaleers was more into blast beats, tremolo riffs, symphonic orchestrations,
murders and arson, Forgotten Woods launched their debut album “As the Wolves Gather”
(1994) through No Colours Records, where we can hear the distinctive characters
of their music, with mid-paced rhythms, an overall bleak ambience and a certain
rock’n’roll feeling to it. These features would be matured in their second
album, “The Curse of Mankind” (1996), which is arguably their best one.
Be it as it may, I publicly strive to right my wrong
by sharing the title track of their first album, a beautiful piece of lycophiliac
music for sorrowful criminals and outcasts. For, paraphrasing Mark Rowlands, we
all stand in the shadow of the wolf.
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