A Haunting... Glacien Demo (2013)

Hardened in frozen blood, Glacien are a three piece black metal band hailing from Bloomington Indiana. On this demo, Glacien hold nothing back. It's cold. It's miserable. It's bare. It berates the listener's ears. It's lower fi than most. It was recorded with minimal recording methods, but it is brutal and to the point. Of the three songs on their demo, Glacien conjure only one song (II) that churns longer than three minutes. The vocals are a mixture of tortured wails, growls, and screams surging forth from the coldest Antarctic blizzard. They preside over the music as a vessel spewing forth abuse. The drums are a steady bombardment of tried and true rhythms meant for aural punishment. The cymbals claw and chime their way in and out of the mix as if being pounded in the depths of a cave. The guitar is the heft and coldness powering the music. Over the course of the demo the guitar becomes suffocating and frenzied with the fluctuating echo of reverb. This is a demo spawned from the deep with minimal respite. When the guitar frenzy slows for brief moments, then Glacien shoot short volleys of doom in contained rage. This is harsh music bound to the fury of nature and the bleakness of the tortured and dark psyche. Over the course of the three songs one is resigned to the notion that Glacien would be perfectly content with endless winter. The future looks benumbed indeed if Glacien continue to trudge headlong in to the coldest winds of the void.

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