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Forlesen has offered up the first taste of its forthcoming album with its new single "Strega". The new album, Black Terrain, will be out on 28 October via I, Voidhanger Records. The band draws from dark ambient, epic doom, black metal and slowcore, subverting traditional songwriting.
Forlesen formed in San Francisco at the end of 2016 and released its debut, 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 their debut, 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 - foretaste it with "Strega". Link
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