Russia’s majestic doom/death practitioners return after the emotionally and sonically crushing Where Silence Dwells with Новый дивный мир (Brave New World), a short but poignant EP. Writing for the first time in the band’s native language, the title track is aching from the start, a longing for a brave new world that wasn’t, isn’t, and can never be. Harmonies roll on a sea of crestfallen notes until pounding waves crash down, submerging. ‘Черта’ (‘The Line’) is begins windswept and contemplative before an overpowering passion swallows, the addition of a second guitar adding heft to the band’s already weighty sound and subject matter. A re-recorded ‘Hostile Emptiness’ finishes, proving PSILOCYBE LARVAE is as vital and underrated as ever. “Dreams, darkness, despair”, indeed.
Review By: Lord Randall
PSILOCYBE LARVAE
Новый дивный мир [EP]
Independent