KHORS
Where The World Acquires
Eternity ASHEN DOMINION
Ukrainian BM lynchpins make an historical paean to community
Khors are one of Ukraine’s longest-running black metal bands, but they rarely get mentioned as a worthy force within the subgenre. This is a pity because they have unveiled some genuine moments of cinematically widescreen BM across seven full-lengths. On Where The World Acquires Eternity, Khors have constructed their most involved, emotionally rife record yet. This LP is tethered to a historical concept based on Ukraine’s ‘Executed Renaissance’ of the 1930s, specifically when a complex that housed many of the country’s artists came under serious repression by Stalin’s totalitarian regime, resulting in the death, exile or suicide of its inhabitants. The heavy thematic base fits the atmospheric yet often viciously succinct songwriting Khors wield in 2020. The band are finally on the same artistic level as fellow countrymen Drudkh in terms of musical peaks and valleys and the transference of culturally ingrained pain.