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Release Date: 17 January 2025
Label: Flowing Downward
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 0301660562823
Genres: Hard Rock & Metal Black Metal
Description
Saturnine December is the culmination of nearly a decade's worth of writing, near tragedy, and perseverance. Created by Melpomene, the sole member of the one-person black metal project Antecantamentum, this album has a backstory as dramatic as the music itself. Initially caught in the chaos of a house fire that consumed many of Melpomene's instruments, the music managed to survive, stored on hard drives that emerged intact. Even after losing her home, Melpomene finished this labor of love while moving between places, giving this album a raw, deeply personal quality that both shines and falters at times.
The album blends a variety of black metal subgenres, leaning into melodic black metal with both blissful blackgaze moments and sharper-edged melodic black metal. At the same time, *Saturnine December* isn't afraid to experiment, pulling in elements from other styles--such as the Gothenburg-inspired riffs in "In The Green Petrichor," dissonant tech-death in the title track, and the post-metal moods throughout. The complexity of these shifts gives the album a progressive edge, nodding towards bands like Opeth, with long, winding songs that offer atmospheric depth and evolving melodies.
Tracklisting
Trha
Trha
Siddhattha Gotama
Our Throne
Kaatayra
Antecantamentum
Sickle of Dust
Sadness
Majestic Downfall / The Slow Death
Eskhaton
Trha
Siddhattha Gotama
Our Throne
Lord Agheros
Kaatayra
Antecantamentum
