Exuvia
by The Ruins of Beverast
- Type: Album
- Released: 5 May 2017
- Label: V谩n
- Country: Germany
- Length: 1:07:37
- Community rating: 3.6/5 from 10 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
'Exuvia' merges atmospheric black and doom metal with a pronounced, ritualistic percussive core, creating a dense, hypnotic, and psychedelic soundscape. The album's concept revolves around shedding an old form, reflected thematically through its use of shamanic chants, layered instrumentation, and a production style that emphasizes a trancelike, immersive experience. Song structures are fluid and epic in length, weaving together harsh metal outbursts with ambient passages, choral vocals, and exotic instrumentation to form a cohesive, yet unpredictable, sonic journey.
Genres
Descriptors: sludgy, ritualistic, cavernous, funereal, monolithic
Tracklist
- Exuvia (15:26)
- Surtur Barbaar Maritime (08:51)
- Maere (On a Stillbirth's Tomb) (11:22)
- The Pythia's Pale Wolves (14:34)
- Towards Malakia (09:39)
- Takitum Tootem (Trance) (07:45)
Credits
- Alexander von Meilenwald - everything
- G.St. - featuring, performer [spirits], chorus [additional chorale vocals]
- Michael Zech - featuring, producer, engineer, mixed by, synth, sounds, created by [additional synths and soundscapes], recorded by [additional synths and soundscapes]
- Nihil Verum - featuring
- Paris Sadonis - featuring, synth, sounds, created by [additional synths and soundscapes], recorded by [additional synths and soundscapes]
- Unknown Artist - featuring
- Julia Schneider - cover, artwork, illustration [illustrations], layout
- V. Santura - mastered by
- H.P. - direct metal mastering by