Forbidden Knowledge and Ancient Wisdom

Grand Celestial Nightmare

My Thoughts

I am something of a Maurice de Jong fan. As his Bandcamp interview puts it, he is “the creator of some of experimental metal’s most horrific soundscapes.”.

I own a shockingly large percentage of his 50+ albums, and while not all of them are my favorites, I honestly don’t think I dislike any of them. That in itself is a feat. 2021 is shaping up to be the Year of Mories. Three albums released so far, and another expected within days. I am a happy camper.

And this one is pretty phenomenal. Die Hard symphonic black metal, filtered through Mories’ cavernous misanthropy. This is bombast, chaos, and weirdly “classic” Cathchy riffs, lively keyboards, and punchy drums, but never veering too far from dark evil atmospheres. This might go on to become one of the classic symphonic black metal albums.

For Fans of

• Mories’ 47 other bands
• Këkht Aräkh
• Lamp Of Murmuur