A FOREST OF STARS — Opportunistic Thieves of Spring (review)

A FOREST OF STARS — Opportunistic Thieves of Spring album cover Album · 2010 · Atmospheric Black Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
4/5 ·
Warthur
A Forest of Stars offers up a broader range of sounds than expected for black metal, even in the experimentation-happy realms of the "atmospheric" subgenre of it. Between them Mister Curse on shrieked vocals, T.S. Kettleburner on guitar and bass, and John "the Resurrectionist" Bishop on drums provide all the tools for the black metal side of the equation, but the inclusion of the Gentleman on synths and pianoforte and Katheryne, Queen of the Ghosts on violin and flute allows them to incorporate ambient, folk and Victorian chamber music influences into their sounds.

On this second album, they indulge themselves with long song structures that allow all of these diverse sounds to come together in a psychedelically-tinged blend. Like much of the atmospheric black metal subgenre, this isn't an album for dipping into and out of - you'll want to listen to it all the way through to get its full effect - but I'd say it's decidedly worth setting that listening time aside for.
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siLLy puPPy wrote:
more than 2 years ago
I never considered them black metal but this is a woefully overlooked band. Excellent compositional fortitude

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