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…another chapter within the saga of the Emperor and the King… I ended my series of reviews with the two first releases of the U.T.R.Y.N. set; part three and four were prepared yet never finished because of a lack of [my] time, and the overwhelming productivity (an excellent given for sure, yet in the case of a reviewer it can be a disastrous venom) of Mister Ghafur, that held me back, and so on, and so on… But the story still goes on, through Greed (Vrozlyd), Cruel (Themis), Wound (Obsidian Mirror

Even-though this label, LOUDsilence (do you hear the whispering name, the soft whisper of this moniker?...), exists for a (limited) couple of years (I guess it was spawned from earthly mud and the intestines of our planet at the very beginning of 2024), it is way too underestimated, I think.

Darkened synth music for solitary wanderings through majestic forests, or for the journey into one's own mind with closed eyes and open portals... I think this description is a fitting definition for what the new (?) American project Nightweald stands for. Nightweald is the outfit of some C. Davis, debuting with the demonstrational four-track EP Skogstema. That title comes from Norse and means something like ‘forest theme’, referring to pristine wildlife, Mother Nature, and our affiliation, spiritually, with Earth.

I will keep it short and concise, as one uses to call it. So, first a word about the band, the label, the release and stuff, then an impression about the aural content of this second recording.

The last four-five years, Rojinski used to be one of the most productive projects on Mater Terra. The great(est) thing was that it wasn’t just about quantity, yet above all about quality. Despite the overwhelming number of releases, each of them, without exception, was of a very high standard.

Unfortunately, due to personal issues, the human entity behind the project needed to cease activities. It was understandable; it was comparable to the reason why I stopped writing reviews for almost a year, so I am judiciously understanding.

Depart from me, ye that work iniquity…

When I recently saw a new post by the handsome UK-born Peter B., it did draw my attention immediately. I consider myself a modest ‘fan’ of some of this crazy guy’s projects, such as Carrion, Utterblight and Gold. That post I was just referring to, did pertain the album Sinner, conceived by a new project, which is called Gold Membership.

[since Concreteweb is not a politics-oriented site in essence (which does not mean that I can not / may not / will not express my disgust for certain ‘world leaders’ or their sociologic ideologies, or to promote certain, well, rather ‘open-minded’ and critically deep-thought theories), I will not just go into the country involved and its problems, at least when it comes to this specific review; however, I do support the people that stand up for their rights – this is for those who fight dictatorial authorities, and for those who resist and revolt against these cowardly

(the first paragraph is nothing else but a copy of the first review I did for this U.T.R.Y.N.-series, and the following ones are slightly adapted versions; yet then again: no remorse, no shame, just laziness)

For the legendary story of the universal happenings with the Emperor and the King I’d like to refer to the greatly comprehensive discographic catalogue of Zebulon Kosted (or, in a modest way, to some of the reviews I did for the marvelous recordings by Mister Rachid Abdel Gafur; links at the bottom of this article). More confronting is the fact that the concept of this album is so topical, so real-life at this very moment of our earthly existence.