Last year, a mysterious new Black Metal band emerged from the west coast of the United States. Little is known about Obolus, they appeared seemingly out of nowhere with a formidable demo (one of CVLT Nation’s top 6 of 2011). The demo spanned two songs of raw, emotional and brutally honest depressive black metal. At just seven and a half minutes, the demo was just barely a glimpse into a swirling dark realm that left listers yearning for more. Obolus have recorded a follow up to the demo, a five song EP called ‘Lament.’ CVLT Nation are proud to give you a sneak peek at the new EP by exclusively streaming the lead track “Desolation.” This track provides moody tremolo picked riffs, hateful blasts and vocals choked with despair; everything that made the demo such a commanding listen. “Desolation’ is just a glimpse of the descent into regret and self loathing that is the ‘Lament EP.’ Stream the track below and keep an ear out for the new EP. In the meantime you can stream/download the demo here, which will see a cassette release on Merz Tapes later this year.
Obolus- Desolation
BreadGod
January 26, 2012 at 7:26 pm
Obolus is seriously one of the most amazing black metal bands I’ve heard in a long, long time. I can’t wait to get my hands on their new EP.
setie
January 6, 2012 at 1:12 pm
Amazing, best black metal project to come out of the west coast in a decade. this band should do a split with ash borer!