If you ever wondered how Burzum sounded like if crossed with some gothic music in the vein of Bauhaus or Fields Of The Nephilim then the first real theme “Bleak” from Srodek’s second album “Förfall” could be a pretty reliable illustration. It blends that minimal and anguished black-metal of the Norse act with some gothic melancholy a la Bauhaus, a direction that is stretched out through the entire album.
Srodek is essential a one-man project conceived by Swedish-based Jon Bäcklund (or Necrofucker, as he goes by here) and although the core of his compositions might have some ties with black-metal, the outcome sounds pretty harmless and inoffensive.
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