Lunaris – “Cyclic”
The first listen will go over your head, but listen to this a few times and the shades and clouds begin to move aside to reveal something worth talking about and something worth checking out. Lunaris has put together a very versatile and impressive album that showcases a lot of ability. The drumming is tight and blazing, in the best black metal sense of the word. The riffings are sharp, going from well-performed black, thrash and death. The vocals go from black metal to clean to growling and back and around again. The production on this thing is tight and polished and sharp. You can tell that this took a lot of work putting it all together. If you want me to give band references, I’d say that the spirit and mentality on here is a bit similar to Borknagar, but of course, Lunaris is not a rip off. Finally, on paper, this combination might not work, but in real life this band makes it work really well. I want to hear more.