{"id":27418,"date":"2025-10-29T13:24:51","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T20:24:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/?p=27418"},"modified":"2025-10-29T13:24:51","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T20:24:51","slug":"new-music-revue-cemetery-moon-deliver-solid-black-metal-with-dominion-of-ashes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2025\/10\/29\/new-music-revue-cemetery-moon-deliver-solid-black-metal-with-dominion-of-ashes\/","title":{"rendered":"New Music Revue<\/em>: Cemetery Moon deliver solid black metal with Dominion of Ashes<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Cemetery Moon
\nDominion of Ashes
\n<\/i>(Wulfhere Productions)
\n4\/5<\/p>\n

Connecticut black metal is alive and well.<\/p>\n

Initially a solo project launched in 2015 that turned into a full band in 2023, Cemetery Moon\u2019s second full-length album, Dominion of Ashes<\/i>, exceeds my expectations.<\/p>\n

The album fits into the black-metal glove perfectly, with deadly guitar progressions, powerful bass lines, and haunting vocals. It runs the listener through a gauntlet of darkness.<\/p>\n

Right off the rip, drummer Usurper\u2019s speed, fills, and presence on the kit is substantial and draws you in like a black hole. Oftentimes I\u2019ve found that guitars and vocals carry a black metal album; in this case, I think Usurper has earned some serious praise.<\/p>\n

Both Apparition and Langeloth shred on their guitars and lay down fast, heavy riffs throughout the album. I particularly enjoyed some of the more melodic sections, like in the interlude \u201cThe Sorting of Souls,\u201d which further hints at the scope of this band\u2019s capabilities.<\/p>\n

Apparition\u2019s vocals fit the tropes of black metal to a T. Unfortunately, I kept waiting for something to surprise me, which never happened. I would love to see him try to find a little bit more variety in his cadence and flow.<\/p>\n

Overall, this album is solid. The musicians are consciously making a stylistic choice to play within the constraints of the genre and are absolutely killing it.<\/p>\n

The reason it\u2019s only a four out of five is that I think they could push the envelope. They are clearly capable of a more unique sound that doesn\u2019t need to stray far from the path they\u2019ve chosen. The tone is super consistent throughout and I feel that people who enjoy black metal should definitely check it out. If they wanted to find that ever-elusive five out of five, I would love to see them vary their writing process to push black metal somewhere a little more risky.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cemetery Moon Dominion of Ashes (Wulfhere Productions) 4\/5 Connecticut black metal is alive and well. Initially a solo project launched in 2015 that turned into a full band in 2023, Cemetery Moon\u2019s second full-length album, Dominion of Ashes, exceeds my expectations. The album fits into the black-metal glove perfectly, with deadly guitar progressions, powerful bass […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27419,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,341],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts","category-october-29-2025"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t