Farsot - Life Promised Death (2024)

Always delivering some of the most unique and intricately crafted releases, Lupus Lounge presents Farsot’s latest offering “Life Promised Death”. Seven years have passed since the band’s last release and it seems like no time has passed as this album has nearly 50 minutes of expertly crafted music that reminds us of bands like Fen, Eïs, and Todtgelichter.

The release opens with the fierce “Nausea”, a piece that slowly builds momentum and delivers crafty layered guitars alongside moody tempo changes. The piercing “Buoyant Flames” and “Into Vertigo” are some of those greatly moody tracks that perfectly blends aggression with more introspective and slower passages that create beauty and contrast.

The band excels in creating very engaging atmospheres and mood switches, with “Chimera” and “Stray Dogs” and their hypnotic clean vocals being a perfect example of this. Our favorite track in this release has to be the delicate “Descent”, a song that reminds us a lot of Fen during their “Carrion Skies” days. There are only a handful of bands that can pull off dramatic tempo changes while creating cohesive tracks and Farsot are certainly one of them.

As the release closes with “Lost Momentum”, we are left quite impressed with how the band has evolved over the years and continues to have interesting and engaging ideas. While many expect Black Metal to be intense all the time, we particularly enjoy more delicate and introspective releases like “Life Promised Death”, so make sure to listen to this release if you like this type of approach to the genre.

Label: Lupus Lounge / Prophecy Productions

Release: February 16th, 2024

Genre: Black Metal

Country: Germany