Spell of Dark - Ghost From the Past [Atmospheric Black Metal]

 

Imagine a lonely person walking through the valley in the mountains at a rainy or snowing day and thinking about the purpose of life, dreams, eternity and the gods. That's how I would describe "Ghost from the Past", an almost canonically sounding atmospheric black metal album featuring pretty raw middle tempo guitars going through the whole thing supplemented with melancholic lead guitar melodies. Whispering vocals have not get a lot of accent here creating a perfectly matching mood though. The journey through land of beautiful nature and phylosophical reflexions begins with the first track on the album right away creating the right feeling. Nice production with a remarkable raw sound on the album fits well the genre. Nevertheless, there is still some space for development especially in terms of songwriting, since the album is occasionally repetitive. "Ghost from the Past" might be a new good finding for all fans of well crafted atmospheric black metal that can accompany your deapest thoughts. My personal evaluation would be 8 of 10 points.

By Sergius

Spell of Dark: https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Spell_of_Dark/3540426662