If 2010’s effort “In the Absence of Light” saw Abigail Williams straying from their symphonic black metal roots towards a rawer, fiercer and some might say purer take on black metal, with this new album, there are signs that they’re still struggling to find their own identity, now introducing some post-rock, lo-fi and shoegaze elements into their sound.
Fortunately, it seems like that with this new approach in style, Abigail Williams are finally striking a chord with the listeners, favouring substance and depth over those rather dubious clichés that have prevented the band from being taken seriously in the past.
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