Demoncy
Within The Sylvan Realms Of Frost
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Perhaps the oldest active black metal band in the USA, DEMONCY also seems to be one of the quietest. "Within The Sylvan Realms Of Frost" is a collection of unreleased material recorded between 1994-1996. A far cry from this band's debut CD "Faustian Dawn", which was early BEHERIT worship (but not even close to as good!). This new CD sounds alot like 1991-1995 era DARK THRONE, quite raw and primitive in style (a few keyboards added occasionally). Not quite as catchy but not boring by any means. Much like the music, the vocals have improved alot since "Faustian Dawn". The first 6 tracks are actually by side-band DARKENED SKIES. Most are very long (6-9 minutes), and interesting from start to finish. DEMONCY has since released a full-length on Baphomet records (why did they sign to this label?), and it's supposed to be similar to this CD (although I haven't heard it yet)...


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