Dark Fortress – ‘Spectres from the Old World’ Vinyl

Venerated black metal specialists Dark Fortress return with a new album, ‘Spectres from the Old World’! After a six-year gap, Germany’s darkest sons continue where ‘Venereal Dawn’ (2014) left off conceptually, the birth-death lifecycle of the universe as told by spacetime but are expanding Dark Fortress musical horizons by descending faster and with spiteful intent into the cosmic abyss.

Indeed, ‘Spectres from the Old World’ is more direct and more aggressive than its predecessors. These musical themes play out fiercely in ‘Coalescence,’ ‘The Spider in the Web,’ ‘Pazuzu,’ and the pivotal title track. Here, Dark Fortress proves they remain committed to black metal’s netherworld spark.

The malignant sounds that inspired DARK FORTRESS on Tales from Eternal Dusk (2001), Seance (2006), and Ylem (2010) are still very much part of the DNA that makes up the band’s finest hour on ‘Spectres from the Old World.’