Upcoming Release: Absence
ABSCENCE Weave Gothic Grandeur Into Black Metal"
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Let’s be real, when you hear “symphonic black metal vampire concept album,” you brace for cringe. Capes, clichés, and choirs chewing scenery like over-caffeinated Shakespeareans. But ABSCENCE? They mean it. And with “Eternal Vows of Midnight”, they’ve just dropped gothic dagger straight into the heart of the genre, and it bleeds sincerity.
This isn’t just another corpse-painted opera. “Eternal Vows of Midnight” is a slow-burning incantation, part requiem, part love letter written in ash. It’s about love that outlives death, yes, but also the guilt that never fades. The kind of bond that turns devotion into damnation. Two immortal women, bound by passion, scarred by betrayal, dancing through centuries of sorrow. And musically? ABSCENCE wraps it in layers of frostbitten tremolo, thunderous double-bass, and orchestral swells that feel like a collapsing cathedral.
Formed in 2021, these Italians aren’t reinventing black metal, they’re re-enchanted it. Drawing from the icy rawness of early Dimmu and the poetic despair of early Tristania, they’ve built something rare: symphonic metal with soul. No filler, no fluff. Just nine epic tracks that actually feel like a journey, because Enigma is one. A full-blown gothic romance, drenched in moonlight and melancholy, where every riff serves the story.
What hits hardest? The balance. The way a guttural scream cuts through a string quartet like a knife through velvet. How the keyboards don’t just accompany but haunt. And that chorus? It doesn’t explode, it unfolds, like a curse being whispered for the first time. This isn’t “face-melting.” It’s heart-breaking. And yes, it’s got drama. But it earns every tear, every sigh, every shiver.
Enigma drops September 12, 2025, and if “Eternal Vows” is the overture, we’re in for a masterpiece of shadow and symphony. ABSCENCE could’ve gone full kitsch. Instead, they went full art. No gimmicks. Just grief, grandeur, and a love story that refuses to die, even when it should.
So yeah. Put down your garlic. Cancel your Zoom meeting. Press play. Let the darkness in. You might just fall in love with it.
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