renkls I knew this band belonged on the archives as soon as I stumbled across this album. I can't say no to a 52 minute funeral doom piece, so I jumped right into it. Interesting album to say the least, and I was very surprised to find that this band has no record ties at all. All their albums are self released and independent.

That said, the low production quality does show a bit, but from a Russian band that play cathartic, ambient/drone influenced funeral style doom, this is surprisingly well done. It's every bit as slow and dirge-like as you'd expect, and the vocals murmur and moan, sometimes bellow along perfectly well for a dreary, unpleasant mood. If you like your doom grim and depressing, then you can't go wrong with this album length track. There is quite a bit of variation over the piece, but nothing substantial that ever gives you the impression you're going to get out of the nihilistic mood the album throws you into. Despite these positives, the album has no real resonating impact (low mix of drums and less than stellar production is to blame) and can easily become background music, similar to Bunkur's Nullify due to its almost non-divergent design. It's a good piece nonetheless, and worth a listen, as I've added the video link on Agonia's band page.

I doubt a physical copy will ever show up on my radar, but if it does, I'll snatch it up. I suspect, though cannot confirm all their albums have been released on cassette only. How kvlt of them.