Smoke billows in the small valley below:
The woods are alight with a blazing fire
As the seeds of vengeance evermore grow;
Nature's destruction doth our deeds require
And so,
Through the black leaves
Does the ashen wind come
On eaves before midnight
Are hopes objects to shun
Near the thick roots' grip
Is the earth succumb to Hell
Before the black dawn
Sounds an ominous knell
Within the wooden deep
Is knowledge withheld
And in this black forest
Is death beheld
Absolutely apocalyptic atmospheric black metal full of towering, epic songs that stretch all the way out to the gloomy, misty horizon. Bandcamp New & Notable May 22, 2023
More bleak, enveloping atmospheric black metal from the masters at the Vendetta label, “aevum” is both harrowing & strangely beautiful. Bandcamp New & Notable Sep 30, 2019
Brooding black metal on Vendetta records, Svartmálm slow the genre’s core ingredients and add bracing emotional heft. Bandcamp New & Notable Jul 20, 2018