Australian Ancient Guard, a new creation of Nightwolf, renowned for pagan black metal vanguard Runespell, has set 14 June as the release date for its striking debut mini-album, Nightfall Enthroned, which will come out via Iron Bonehead Productions on CD and 12" vinyl formats.
A surprisingly vast mini-album at four songs in 31 minutes, Nightfall Enthroned is immersive to the extreme and almost soothing in its continually cresting swell of sumptuous black metal mysticism. While Runespell's no-less-grandiose sound is often given to bouts of bloodlust and battle rage, Ancient Guard is pure magisterial march and might as can be expected of such a moniker. And Nighttwolf's knack for mesmerizing melodicism holds true here. Nightfall Enthroned swirls about to a spacious yet thick foundation that's equal parts stargazing wonder and weight-of-the-universe terror - an infinitely compelling canvas, equally suited to adrift dreamers and austere realists alike. Followed by the acoustic lament "Eld," the synth-heavy epic "A Moonscape Abyss" says exactly everything it needs to about Ancient Guard: awaken to Nightfall Enthroned! In the meantime, hear the brand-new track "A Moonscape Abyss". Link
Nightfall Enthroned tracklist:
1. Dominion of Primordial Darkness
2. Sepulchral Damnation
3. A Moonscape Abyss
4. Eld
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