TROB: still shrouded in mystique
THE RUINS OF Beverast are always in a forward-reaching state, pushing long-form extreme metal compositions into often previously unexplored realms through exciting genre-blurring. With each release, the German band’s master composer, Alexander von Meilenwald, appears to have reached a creative zenith. And yet, by the next album, this instinctive multi-instrumentalist ascends to another plane altogether and eclipses what he achieved prior.
The Thule Grimoires, the follow-up to 2017’s voodoo spiritual, Exuvia, continues that progressive pattern in spectacular fashion. Drawing heavily this time on goth, new wave, trance, industrial, post-punk and dark ambient, each monumental, tonally rich, cohesive yet utterly distinctive track offers the listener an enthralling escape from harsh modern realities.