This is a review of an earlier recording from Italy's Tele.S.Therion which displays beginnings of the 'acousmatic black metal style' and the album was originally released in 2011 and called "The Chapel" and was re-issued in 2020 by Radical Matters.
Ambient style soundscapes and electric bass guitar sounds start off the album while the music also brings in elements of noise. All of the tracks are also very long and epic in length along with the songs also adding in a lot of amplifier distortion as well as going into a very ritualistic direction at times.
All of the music is also improvised while metaphonic chants can also be heard in certain sections of the recording. A lot of the album also mixes in elements of black and doom metal to take the recording into more of a heavier direction along with each song also sounding very different from each other.
Field recordings and drones can also be heard on certain tracks along with the music also getting very experimental and avant garde sounding at times. Most of the music also sticks to an instrumental style as well as the whole album also remaining true to a slower direction while the production sounds very dark.
In my opinion this is another great sounding album from Tele.S.Therion and if you are a f an of experimental and ritualistic black and doom metal, you should check out this re-issue. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "I" "IV" and "VII". 8 out of 10.
https://telestherion.bandcamp.com/album/the-chapel
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