30. Gaerea - "Mirage"

This is Black Metal reimagined as euphoric white noise. Live they have dispensed with stage lighting and instead perform with the houselights firmly on. This intensifies the experience of watching them create their raging cauldron of noise. There is nowhere to hide and instead all aspects of the creative process are on show.

“Mirage” has the same feeling of ‘nothing being left in the tank’. Every drop of passion and carnal carving is wrung out of each track. They are emotional turmoils of pure kinetic energy, pulsating with power and furor. It is like being in the centre of a tempestuous storm, with waves of hurtling sound crashing around you. A cataclysmic record that is full of unbridled elation and exhilaration.