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Astral Blood (EP)

by Astral Blood

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Red
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Red You know that feeling when a song makes you want to head bang and ya can't stay still? Yeah you're going to feel that when this bad boy starts blasting through your earphones.
Nocturnal Stalker
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Nocturnal Stalker I'd lost interest in symphonic black metal ages ago, because it all started to sound the same. But Astral Blood managed to surprise me by making a kind of sympho black that is well-balanced and powerful. Favorite track: Secluded and Forbidden.
Choco Latte
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Choco Latte Top notch symphonic black metal. I'm a sucker for the fantastic production too. Only complaint? There's not enough Astral Blood to go around. Hopefully we'll hear more from them in the future. Favorite track: Secluded and Forbidden.
Matthew
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Matthew Symphonic black metal that doesn't suck. These guys have the riffs and blastbeats to raise hell but then they accentuate that with tasteful symphonic elements, with the metal still remaining the real focus. Really solid stuff. Favorite track: Our Almighty Gaze.
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1.
I am the Darkness beneath the shadows The essence, the blackest aether I am the absence of air In your struggled breath I am the ending before life Begins again The Decay that fertilizes the Living I am the Bottomless Pit For I am that which lies unseen Hidden from mankind's sight For I am that which lies obscured Secluded and forbidden (I am the fear that haunts you Amidst the darkest realms of slumber) (The black fire swirling in shadow The flame that cannot be discepted) Come to me at the full moon and see That which can not be seen. Face the terror that is yours alone Face it for me Swim to me through the blackest oceans To the center of your greatest fears There the dark god will keep you safe For all eternity The black fire swirling in chaos The being of darkest seduction Secluded and forbidden
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Interlude 02:40
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Why can we not have one another In this world where everything Is so magnificent We live with this feeling of celestial power Even in the wild, uncivilized We have such beauty As if it is only Appearing for our eyes Our almighty gaze Searing the darkness Of beauty and splendor Our almighty gaze Everything material, everything aesthetic Is free to us Yet we are not free Not free to have anything of morality We are not able to speak of our fears We are not able to speak of our philosophies These glorious objects and landscapes Which continually surround us Fuel a distraction from what we truly miss What we really need I do not need gold I demand nothing optical What I desire is unseen An invisible force between souls We have such beauty As if it is only Appearing for our eyes Our almighty gaze Searing the darkness Of beauty and splendor Our almighty gaze

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-Press Remarks-

It has a cosmic vibe that reminds me of cataclysms happening in deep space. And for me personally I can't fly into space and see those things for myself and I have too much going on in my life to be able to sit in a dark room on acid all the time so listening to music like this in a sort of meditative mood really gets me into that cosmic space that I like. The name astral blood definitely fits cause the music sounds like an out of body experience...all sorts of massive energies rushing around you with your bodiless awareness floating naked in the middle of the tempest
-GHOST BATH-

“The black metal feel, the atmospheric presence, the
powerful vocals and that overall feeling that you are
listening to something special, something unique.
Astral Blood provides us with a taste of what they can
do and fans such as myself are wanting MORE.”
-Headbang or GTFO

“Astral Blood, who obviously know their way around
the horrid and blackest depths of black metal, seem
to pull the entire genre out of the muck by the teeth.”
-Direnotes

“A very dark, atmospheric, raw and melodic black
metal sound”
-Occult Black Metal Zine

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released December 20, 2014

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Astral Blood Minneapolis, Minnesota

Symphonic // Atmospheric Black Metal from Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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