English black metal band Parusight dropped their debut album on October 18th. Released by the bastion of British black metal that is Wulfhere Productions, Deathly Pale is a remarkable debut album from a burgeoning talent. Oliver Groves the mastermind of Parusight, has a huge amount to offer to devoted disciples of the darkest musical art… And indeed, Deathly Pale is the perfect first step into his kingdom of endless night.
Parusight is the solo project of Bristol black metal musician Oliver Groves… Noted as the guitarist of Blasfeme, who unleashed the visceral warfare of the Black Legion album earlier this year. But the darkness speaks to Groves in many voices and with this project he explores a very different shade of black.
About the album
The opening track of debut album Deathly Pale, A Clash Of Stars, is a summoning of atmosphere, a gateway to the shadow realms of Parusight, a place where spirit freezing cold and desolate beauty entwine… Where bestial vocals howl through blinding storms of ice and keyboards weave tapestries of dark romance.
From the tempestuous seas of blood and raging chaos of Lost In A Shadow to the wounded, malicious devil that is Malignant – a song of decay held together by bitterness and spite – Deathly Pale reveals itself to be an epic, emotive creation of rampant riffs and cascading melodies. Indeed, a tale of many chapters. At the ever-bleeding heart of the album lies its greatest work, where all its poisons coalesce, Love. Here, reflections on past sins are shrouded in funereal drapes of melancholy… Dying passions feed ancient agonies and words are torn from throats in violent expulsions of utter savagery. Deathly Pale is an intensely personal outpouring of emotion! Yet, one rooted in revered musical traditions and universal truths.
Tracklist:
1. A Clash of Stars
2. A Withering Rose
3. Deathly Pale
4. Lost in a Shadow
5. Love
6. Nekronumb
7. Mourning Sky
8. Malignant
