The Ruins of Beverast - Foulest Semen of a Sheltered Elite (2009)

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The Ruins of Beverast - Foulest Semen of a Sheltered Elite
Genre: (Avant-Garde) Black Metal
Release Year: 2009


One thing I have been enjoying the absolute shit out of recently, to make this post vaguely topical, is the new The Ruins of Beverast album. Rain Upon the Impure is probably my pick for best black metal album of the decade, and despite thinking it was a jumbled incoherent mess upon first listen, I'm beginning to think his new one, Foulest Semen of a Sheltered Elite, is almost as good.

As it's ridiculous name may imply, though, it's most certainly not for the musically faint of heart. 80 minutes of oppressive black metal interspersed with harsh death-doom sections, beautiful Gregorian chant-esque vocals and obscene amounts of feedback await. I'd say "enjoy" but it hardly seems appropriate.

6 comments:

TOMBS said...

Is this suitable listening for a children's tea party? I certainly hope so.

Giggs said...

I did not realise I was in the blogging business with people who attend kiddies' tea parties!

I'm a little uneasy now.

TOMBS said...

harhar

Someone i know has to DJ at a school disco, and they asked me if i could find some stuff with loud guitars. This could be just the thing.

Giggs said...

Haha. I make no claims to be down with the kids these days, but if they're into The Ruins of Beverast now then there's been a bit of a seismic shift in music taste in the last few years.

Seginustemple said...

I don't mean to be a prick, but who can't find stuff with loud guitars?

TOMBS said...

Someone who DJs at school disco's.