Exuvia

by The Ruins of Beverast

Exuvia cover art
  • 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

  1. Exuvia (15:26)
  2. Surtur Barbaar Maritime (08:51)
  3. Maere (On a Stillbirth's Tomb) (11:22)
  4. The Pythia's Pale Wolves (14:34)
  5. Towards Malakia (09:39)
  6. 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

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