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Spectral Lore - Ετερόφωτος

 

Spectral Lore has always operated outside of the black metal "mainstream", forcefully rejecting its troubled racist homophobic history while digging deep into it's musical aesthetic.

Spectral Lore is Ayloss, a singular Greek titan of weird metal. He has at least two other projects I know about; a creepy dungeon synth thing and a melodic blackened death metal project.

This working outside the norm means some things that should be obvious just aren't. This is not exactly easy listening for either black metal purists or post- or prog- fans. Are there weird time signatures? Yes. Are there jazz-like trills on weird riffs? Yes. Are there hooks? No.

What exactly is going on here? Why have I not thrown this record away? Why do I keep listening to it again and again?


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