Confusion Gate

by Yellow Eyes

Confusion Gate cover art

On their seventh full-length album, 'Confusion Gate', the band expands its atmospheric black metal foundation by weaving in textures from ambient, industrial, and neofolk traditions. The songwriting balances harsh, raw passages of dissonant, layered guitars and high-pitched screams with melodic, atmospheric sections that incorporate synths, field recordings, and medieval instruments. This creates a dense and surreal soundscape that explores themes of nature and spiritual exile through its expansive and intricately structured compositions.

Genres

  • Atmospheric Black Metal

Tracklist

  1. Brush the Frozen Horse
  2. The Thought of Death
  3. Suspension Moon
  4. i. Nocturne
  5. A Forgotten Corridor
  6. I Fear the Master's Murmur
  7. ii. Beyond
  8. The Scent of Black Mud
  9. iii. The Entrance
  10. Confusion Gate