HYPNOS “The Blackcrow” /LP/

The sixth full-length studio album by cult Czech Experimental Death Metal band.
After 2017's "The Whitecrow", Hypnos followed up with "The Blackcrow". Cute?.. "The Blackcrow" follows in the same direction, but it's not quite as trippy and experimental and, when they go for that, it's obvious that the band got better at it, so the songs on the album fit together a lot more this time around.
Overall, it's Technical and Experimental Death Metal that doesn't blast everything in its path, rather going for slow to mid-pace with the occasional speedier songs. If you like your Death Metal more intricate, as opposed to a pedal-to-the-Metal pound fest, then this album is likely to be of interest.
The production was done in a way that the band uses the rough and brutal instrumental tunes of the past, but taking advantage of modern recording devices. And this combination reaches a good result, because their music sounds aggressive and raw, but in a defined way that everyone can understand.
Interestingly, they end the album with a rerecording of "In Blood We Trust", the title track of their 2000 debut album, which really shows how far away from the original sound Hypnos have come.
"The Blackcrow" is a great album, which shows that Hypnos has a lot to offer to Extreme Metal fans.
Fiend Enterprises/Monster Nation, 2020 (MN 043). Made in Czech. First press.


Tracklist:

Side A
1. Vox Irae 01:04
2. The Blackcrow 04:13
3. Afterlife Disillusion / The End of Idolatry 04:25
4. Dawn of Their Halcyon Age 04:59
5. Plunged into Cacophony / Procession to Babylon 04:40

Side B
6. Vae Victis 06:19
7. Culte de la Raison 05:33
8. Liquid Sands 05:11
9. In Grief / Too Old to Cry 09:51

Total playing time: 46:15 min.