WTF WTF WTF Scathing Wretched Emotional Putrid Beautiful Ancient Majesty and really Addictive these are some of the words that come to mind as I blast the new TENDRIL record DISCIPLES OF THE LUNAR DAWN. Real talk, right now this new Black Metal project is stabbing my brain full of blackened joy. I love how the opening song “ORGY OF THE FLAYED BEAST” not only punches you in the mouth but it also creeps up behind you and slaps you on the neck with its lurking energy! I want the Black Metal that I listen to have a fucked in the head atmosphere, and TENDRIL has that plus a whole lot more. The guitar tones on “DISCIPLES OF THE LUNAR DAWN” are total grime with a healthy dose of maggot-filled filth. I got a challenge for y’all: turn the tune “MARTYR OF OMELAS” all the way up and then tell me that this band is not the shit. Every tune on this record is a Black Arts masterpiece. TENDRIL never sacrifices all-out sonic rage for speed, and under the sonic stench, melodic worms are crawling all around! Decrepit hymns like “SADISTIC DAMNATION” will eat away at your flesh while you headbanging to your own doom. It’s that last track, “ICHOR,” that shows me how special TENDRIL truly is, because this is the perfect outro to the unreal debut!
