Year of No Light Alètheia

Alètheia, taken from Year of No Light s upcoming new album Consolamentum. Out July 2 via Pelagic Records. PreOrder, Download, Stream here: , , Sometimes adding more weight to something that s already heavy feels like relief. When the staggering buildup of layer on layer of guitars and synths towards the end of Aletheia reaches its boiling point, when the tension and drama become too suffocating to bear, the sudden discharge into the following upbeat part, based on a single power chord gallopping away at the speed of no light feels strangely alleviative. This is the moment when the feet leave the ground, and the bones of the arms of the heretic crack, being pulled up in a strappado behind his back. One of the most agonizing and arguably one of the greatest moments in heavy music of the past decade. YEAR OF NO LIGHT s lengthy, sprawling compositions of towering walls of guitars and sombre synths irradiate a sense of dire solemnity and spiritual gravity, and couldn t be a mor