Beware the Sword You Cannot See

by A Forest of Stars

Beware the Sword You Cannot See cover art

The enigmatic British collective continues to frame their harsh, avant-garde black metal within a theatrical, 19th-century Victorian aesthetic. The compositions are sweeping and highly orchestrated, prominently featuring violin, flute, and bizarre, conversational vocal deliveries. The album culminates in an ambitious, interconnected six-part suite that dramatically showcases their progressive songwriting capabilities.

Genres

  • Atmospheric Black Metal
  • Progressive Metal

Tracklist

  1. Drawing Down the Rain
  2. Hive Mindless
  3. A Blaze of Hammers
  4. Virtus Sola Invicta
  5. Proboscis Master Versus the Powdered Seraphs
  6. Pawn on the Universal Chessboard, Pt. 1: Mindslide
  7. Pawn on the Universal Chessboard, Pt. 2: Have You Got a Light, Boy?
  8. Pawn on the Universal Chessboard, Pt. 3: Perdurabo
  9. Pawn on the Universal Chessboard, Pt. 4: An Automaton Adrift
  10. Pawn on the Universal Chessboard, Pt. 5: Lowly Worm
  11. Pawn on the Universal Chessboard, Pt. 6: Let There Be No Light