Formed in 2019, LUNAR CHALICE comprise prolific veterans of the German metal underground. Under the alluring moniker LUNAR CHALICE, the band quickly set upon a slew of releases, first with the Walpurgis Dance demo in 2019 and the Night Poetry EP right after, exhibiting a subtly refreshing approach to classics-minded black metal. The next year came the even-stronger Medieval Cults of Heresy EP, thus setting the stage for the band’s debut full-length.<\/p>\n
Taking a relatively longer time given their feverish creativity, LUNAR CHALICE now deliver the grand statement of their so-far-undiscovered powers, Transcendentia: The Shadow Pilgrimage. With one steel-toed boot planted under a funeral moon and the other in a world without end, LUNAR CHALICE give a masterclass in stripped-down
\nsongwriting rich in nuance and dynamics. Their black metal is like a boulder gathering momentum down a mountain and rumbling across valleys; the movement is inexorable, and portends doom, and simply cannot be stopped. LUNAR CHALICE, in effect, extend a spectrum of black metal sonics that’s feral and unhinged on one hand and mercilessly martial on the other; that their almost-overwhelmingly physical onslaught is deliberately (and eerily) clipped betrays both a depth of vision and a rare grace in a landscape usually laden with filth. Which isn’t to say that Transcendentia doesn’t sound “dirty” (it does), but rather that that’s not the overarching thematic – that there’s a sense of ceremony or even regality at play here. Credit due to the absolutely madman vocals of bassist E.I.-M., who more often than not channels a clean tenor that’s more disturbing than most “black metal” vocals.<\/p>\n
Past, present, and future: LUNAR CHALICE’s vision encompasses all on Transcendentia: The Shadow Pilgrimage. <\/p>\n
Tracks:<\/strong><\/p>\n Genres:<\/strong> Black Metal<\/p>\n Label:<\/strong> Iron Bonehead Productions<\/p>\n Erscheinungsjahr:<\/strong> 2022<\/p>\n K\u00fcnstler:<\/strong> LUNAR CHALICE<\/p>\n Spieldauer:<\/strong> 41:03<\/p>\n Format:<\/strong> CD<\/p>\n EAN:<\/strong> –<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Formed in 2019, LUNAR CHALICE comprise prolific veterans of the German metal underground. Under the alluring moniker LUNAR CHALICE, the band quickly set upon a slew of releases, first with the Walpurgis Dance demo in 2019 and the Night Poetry EP right after, exhibiting a subtly refreshing approach to classics-minded black metal. The next year […]\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1938563,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_cat":[457],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1938565","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-cd-j-l","7":"pa_band-lunar-chalice","8":"pa_productgenre-black-metal","9":"pa_productlabel-iron-bonehead-productions","11":"first","12":"instock","13":"taxable","14":"shipping-taxable","15":"purchasable","16":"product-type-simple"},"yoast_head":"\n\n