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Gaoth - Dying Season's Glory

 

If you work (or live) out of a to-do list or app, you almost certainly have a "waiting for" list where things that you've assigned to someone else or need prerequisites filled before you can move on live. I have one of those for upcoming/expected albums I am looking forward to, and a lot of bands end up on there after a debut album that I liked.

Gaoth have been on that list for almost five years now. This album was released in the middle of 2016 by F.S., the only member. Early in 2019 he announced that a second album was complete, and teased a few tracks on Facebook, before disappearing.

Perhaps this year is the year to finally get my hands on the second album? Who knows, but I can hope!

For me, this was one of the outstanding albums of 2016, and really changed how I looked at atmo-black. Fiercely naturalistic, heavy on the atmosphere building, and utterly replayable, it has been in regular rotation since it came out.


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