Record Label: Self-Released
Year: 2019
Rating: 8.5/10
Since the late 00’s, after the birth of the Post Black Metal/Blackgaze subgenre many bands developed and evolved that sound by combining it with other music styles or simply by stripping all of its metal identity. As a result many great albums were created, but on the other hand many bands followed that path just because of the hype that followed the release of albums like ”Les Voyages de l’Âme” and ”Sunbather”. To be honest I think it’s difficult to combine Post Black Metal and Shoegaze, to stay both on the dark and light. Many bands failed to do this by giving us ”cheesy”, unoriginal rip-offs but ”kOsmik” by Violet Cold is neither ”cheesy” neither a rip-off. It’s a great Atmospheric Post Black Metal/Blackgaze album and probably the band’s best album so far!
Formed in 2013, Violet Cold is a one man project from Baku, Azerbaijan. Emin Guliyev, the man behind the band is quite active! Since 2013 Violet Cold released numerous singles, EP’s and Full – Albums making it hard for many of us to listen properly to all of his work! Keep in mind that not all of his work is close to Post Black Metal. Violet Cold is an experimental project with many elements from various styles and every album differs in style. For example in 2018 he released three instrumental post rock/dreamy ambient/albums (Sommermorgen Pt. I, Pt.II& Pt. III).
Emin Guliyev [Violet Cold]
You may think that ”this guy praises this album a lot” but there is a reason i do it. It is not easy to mix metal and shoegaze. Many bands tried it but few of them managed to create original music (Violet Cold created really good music in this album). Even bands that created the genre like Alcest walked out of the path by releasing ”Shelter”, an album stripped from its metal roots (nothing bad with this) and the result was a good indie/shoegaze album but without the magic of the previous albums. For that reason ”kOsmik” deserves to be praised.It has character, it has a spark. So, if you are into Atmospheric Black Metal/Blackgaze check this album and you won’t regret it!
Links:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JI4kQewa2yohttps://violetcold.bandcamp.com/album/kosmik
www.facebook.com/VioletColdOfficial/
Violet Cold – kOsmik [Full Album]