Kind of story, huh? If you what I mean, this story and Antrisch were a perfect match. Maybe, just maybe the Atmospheric Black Metal the band practices helped a lot as well due to the muscial construction full of moods and atmospheres. It doesn’t matter at all because the band was perfectly able to pass the feeling the crew of the HMS Erebus and HMS Terror may have felt back then. “EXPEDITION II: Die Passage” is made of six tracks perfectly built up to express all the emotions that were felt during their last, and deadly, voyage. From “I Festgefroren” to “IIIIII 68° 15′ N 98° 45′ W – 68° 54′ N 98° 56′ W” – the last coordinates of the ships – the album flawlessly and faithfully made a trip to the unknown telling in a Black Metal way what may have happened to the crew. This, of course, mean the trip wasn’t romanticized not a little bit. The cold and hard enviroment the crew confronted is now immortalized by the sick and vicious view of Antrisch whose ability to deliver all the inhospitable enviroment is to be praised above all things. The cold – as a matter of speaking – instrumental and band performance gave the songs that veracity and accuracy the story required. The ups and downs of the speed inside the songs helped passing the despair and horror. To some extent, the songs being in German give them the drama they deserve. Well, I don’t think they would like it but that’d be the better they’ve got.
Antrisch “EXPEDITION II: Die Passage” was released on April 06th via RB Records.
Track Listing:
- I Festgefroren
- II Wahnrationen
- III In Perpetuum
- IIII Ultima Ratio
- IIIII Exodus
- IIIIII 68° 15′ N 98° 45′ W – 68° 54′ N 98° 56′ W
Watch “IIII Ultima Ratio” official lyric video here:
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