FEN — Winter (review)

FEN — Winter album cover Album · 2017 · Atmospheric Black Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
3/5 ·
Warthur
I hadn't found Fen's second album, Epoch, to be much of a keeper, feeling like it was riding along on the blackgaze bandwagon without really contributing much of its own. On hearing this latest release of theirs I'm a bit more taken by the sound; perhaps they've improved and matured in terms of their overall atmospheric black metal mastery, or perhaps it's that the album shows a bit more original ambition this time. Constructed of one continuous multi-part suite, it takes the listener as promised on a journey through chilly landscapes - and whilst winter-themed black metal isn't something there's a shortage of, Fen's baroque, intricate take on it is interesting, though I find that as with much blackgaze stuff it rather all starts blending together after a while.
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