(written by Islander)

Detest the Sun is a Louisiana-based one-man project started by Howl in 2023, devoted to “the true spirit of southern melodic black metal”. Following a two-song demo self-released last April, Detest the Sun will now see the release by Void Wanderer Productions of the project’s first album (or EP, depending on how you consider a half-hour runtime).

The new record is named Moonspells and Everlasting Sorrow, and Void Wanderer portrays it in these terms:

“As darkness claims over the Earth, with it Detest the Sun unleashes its debut album of pure cold, melancholic grimness. With the beauty of melody behind the ice, wielding invective curses behind each verse, you shall be locked within a trance. A trance so abysmal as a buried spirit beneath the deepest cavern, but with this trance, you shall become victim to its nocturnal rite.”

As a more tangible sign of what the album encompasses, we’re now premiering one of its X tracks, a song named “Silent Suffering“. Continue reading »