UNEARTHLY TRANCE - Stalking The Ghost (Relapse Records) 2017
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Fans of Unearthly Trance have long known that they can deliver acute depression with a single chord but the progressive flourishes and glimpses of classic metal mastery still strike a few new nerves on Stalking The Ghost. “Into The Spiral” hits hard and early with riffs big enough to take out an ocean liner, but the deeper you get into UT’s world, the more uncanny it becomes; frazzled solos lapse into walls of blackened fury, hashish-drenched souks become enveloped in droning miasma and the colossal transforms into the beguiling. If you want something weird and wonderful that will also crush your skull into splinters, look no further.