Reviews: SAT374

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What we have for you today is the premiere of a song that carries us into an unnerving dreamscape, a venture into a hostile void that’s cold enough to chill the blood, venomous enough to create fear, and mentally afflicting in the way of an alien encounter — no fooling.

 

The song is “A Dream, Never Ending“, and it comes from the debut album Solstice by the Israeli black metal band Srefa, which will be co-released by Satanath Records (Georgia) and Australis Records (Chile) on April 26th.

 

The album follows this Tel Aviv group’s 2022 debut EP Primal and live performances sharing the stage with such bands as as Gevurah, Nubivagant, and Hexis. It includes 8 songs and represents a further evolution in their sound.

 

It truly is a frightening dream that Srefa have created through the song you’re about to hear, a slowly building darkness that ultimately becomes shattering. It begins with a bass that growls like a hulking, menacing beast, backed by ritual drum beats, then joined by an eerie guitar whose dissonant ringing tones begin to put nerves even more on edge.

 

The ghostly wail of Dorin Hajon‘s voice is equally eerie, but elevates into inflamed screams as the music itself elevates with distressing waves of glimmering sound, anchored by that beastly bass-voice and rumbling drums.

 

The music relentlessly torques the tension to the breaking point. The drums come unchained, blasting away; the immersive waves of sound roil as well as ring; the bass manically throbs; the voice shrieks in torment and becomes terrorizing. Only a few moments of astral drift provide any reprieve at the end.

 

Satanath and Australis recommend the album for fans of Mayhem, Wiegedood, Woe, Mgła, Emperor, Wolves In The Throne Room, Afsky, Celtic Frost, Bathory, Yellow Eyes, and Thy Darkened Shade.

 

For more info and to pre-order, check the links below — and also listen to the album’s first single, “Ensnared and Conquered“.

 

By contrast to the song we’re presenting today, that one is an immediate tempest of frantically thundering drums, deliriously convulsing riffage, and berserk, throat-splitting screams.

 

The bass again plays a vital role, but this time it seems to murmur and wander in the midst of a wrenching conflagration of madness. And here, the piercing guitars spiral upward in an agony that seems white hot, completely riveting attention during the song’s finale.

 

The contrasts between this first single and the one today are dramatic, and together they demonstrate formidable talents and create high expectations for this debut album.

 

https://www.nocleansinging.com/2024/04/01/an-ncs-premiere-srefa-a-dream-never-ending/

 

 

Srefa  are  a  band  from  Israel  that  plays  a  very  raw,  modern  and  aggressive  form  of  black  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2024  album  "Solstice"  which  will  be  released  in  April  as  a  joint  effort  between  Satanath  and  Australis  Records.

 

 

 

  A  very  fast  and  raw  sound  starts  off  the  album  along  with  a  great  amount  of  tremolo picking  and  blast  beats.  Melodies  are  also  added  into  a  lot  of  the  guitar  riffing  while  the  vocals  are  mostly  high  pitched  black  metal  screams  and  all  of  musical  instruments  on  the  recording  also  have  a  very  powerful  sound  to  them.

 

 

 

  Throughout  the  recording  you  can  also  hear  a  good  mixture  of  slow,  mid  paced  and  fast  parts  while  a  couple  of  tracks  also  introduces  clear  vocals  onto  the  album.  Touches  of  dsbm  can  also  be  heard  at  times  along  with  the  synths  also  giving  the  songs  more  of  an  atmospheric  feeling  when  they  are  utilized  briefly.

 

 

 

   One  track  also  adds  in  a  brief  use  of  clean  playing  and  when  guitar  solos  and  leads  are  finally  added  into  the  music  they  are  also  done  in  very  melodic  style  along  with  a  couple  of  songs  also  being  very  long  and  epic  in  length.  The  production  sounds  very  professional  while  the  lyrics  cover  dark,  depressive  and  melancholic  themes.

 

 

 

  In  my  opinion  Srefa  are  a  very  great  sounding  raw,  modern  and  atmospheric  black  metal  band  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  this  musical  genre,  you  should  check  out  this  recording.

 

https://occultblackmetalzine.blogspot.com/2024/03/srefasolsticesatanath-recordsaustralis.html