Pretty young band Simulacro (formed in 2009), with members of e.g. Cold Empire, Ancient Skin and Vultur, and hailing from the isle of Sardinia, Italy, debut with Fall Of The Last Idol, a couple of years after their self-called demonstrational promo. The album brings almost forty minutes of melodic and rather fast Black Metal, with a certain Swedish-styled approach (i.e. the likes of Dark Funeral or Svartsyn), yet at the same time with an own vision on rhythmic, powerful and fierce Black Energy. The approach is very technical, and includes some keyboard lines (as well as, and then one cannot deny the Italian roots, some Gregorian chants), many changes in speed and melody, and with an occult, obscure atmosphere to cover the whole. There are a couple of elements from Death and Doom Metal injected into the whole, as well as from symphonic Ambient. All this makes Fall Of The Last Idol a pretty varying journey through morbid spheres.
FYI: great lead vocalist :D1821:: left in mean time and has already been replaced by another Cold Empire-member, WLKN (also of Crowned In Thorns- and Gøatfuck-fame).