58. Miserere Luminis - "Ordalie"

Ethereal and atmospheric Black Metal that is hypnotic in its brazen intensity. It skilfully uses light and shade, building up a colossal head of steam and then plunging into slight fragile passages, that creatively counterbalance the preceding harshness. It is enchantingly evocative, creating a tapestry of interweaving brutality and beauty. It takes two extremes and marvellously meshes them together.