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Drawing from dark ambient, epic doom, black metal and slowcore, Forlesen subverts traditional songwriting with its new full-length, Black Terrain. The album weaves heartbreak and hypnosis to show the band at its most vulnerable and vicious. Black Terrain will be released on 28 October via I, Voidhanger Records.
Forlesen formed in San Francisco at the end of 2016 and released its debut full-length, Hierophant Violent, in 2020. Comprised of two side-length tracks, it soon found a cult following. Now based in Portland, OR, Forlesen continues its compositional evolution with Black Terrain, expanding into previously untapped musical realms.
As with Hierophant Violent, Black Terrain's monolithic songs, at times approaching twenty minutes in length, fully immerse the listener in contrast to the serene and cacophonous. "Strega" begins shrouded in an eerie atmosphere before embarking on a journey from a vulnerable ballad to a hymnal dirge. The ferocity of "Harrowed Earth" thrusts the album into the realm of black and doom metal. In the aftermath, "Saturnine" brings the album full circle, culminating in an ethereal mantra.
Black Terrain evokes a sense of the grand but also the intimate. Each instrument and voice is carefully placed, and each musical transition is seamless to prevent the mesmerizing spell from being broken. Forlesen has crafted a stunning cinematic masterpiece. The first - nearly 20 minutes long - single will be released later this month. Stay tuned! Link
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