Stygian Dreams, by Asphodelus

Stygian Dreams

by Asphodelus

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66samhain This album was a pleasant surprise and one of my favourite fresh releases, I love the dark soundscapes and the overall melancholic feel of the music. I've had it on repeat for quite a while now! Favorite track: Sleep Of Eternity.

Deathlance This is a Neapolitan of three of my favorite flavors… English Doom Death, Hellenic Black Metal & Finnish Death Metal. Delicious.

crystalstarlight Asphodelus merge the best aspects of Katatonia's legendary debut album Dance of December Souls with Triarchy era Rotting Christ to mesmerising effect, creating one of the best Gothic/Doom albums of recent times in the process. Favorite track: Scent Of Venus.

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	1.	Les Oceanides 02:37
	2.	Lamentation Of The Lost Soul 04:42
	3.	Scent Of Venus 04:33
	4.	The Hourglass Infernal 05:32
	5.	Delusions Ad Astra 05:02
	6.	Stygian Dreaming 06:29
	7.	Sleep Of Eternity 04:50
	8.	Where Freezing Spirits Fall 08:36

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After the mini-album 'Dying Beauty & The Silent Sky' on Iron Bonehead and a rehearsal demo 'The Veil Between the Worlds' on Terror From Hell records, the Finnish band Asphodelus has signed again on TFH for the first album.
'Stygian Dreams' contains seven songs of sorrowful 'Gothic' Doom/Death Metal of the gloomiest kind. This forlorn manifesto showcasing the band as one of the most interesting acts in the genre today. The Finnish trio music formula comprises early Katatonia, Anathema, My Dying Bride and Tiamat influences, yet keeping a distinctive feature in their sound. Don't be fooled by the somewhat clean riffage and melodic solos, they are just a wishful thinking before the whole thing sink down again in the gloomy pit. Harsh and melancholic screams enhance the hopelessness of the whole thing, throwing tuneful keyboards in their desperate sonic cauldron, heightened by a good hint of finnish renowned “masennus” (read, depression).
Analogically recorded in Finland and definitely mixed at The Devil's Mark Studio in Rome (Demonomancy, Destroyer 666).
Cover artwork doesn't need to be presented, used with kind permission of The Leicester Galleries.

Listen to this will give you the feeling to sail between Styx's waters, as well as being in the sight of Persephone, crowned with a garland of asphodels.

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released February 15, 2019

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