Katla - Allt Þetta Helvitis Myrkur (2020)

 

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A most epic journey through the frozen lands of Iceland are present herein for Katla's recent effort. The album title roughly translates to All this Damn Darkness and that is what's expressed on this release. This album represents winter and it may still be snowing here but I imagine it's nothing compared to what gathers and falls in and around this county. 

Allt Þetta Helvitis Myrkur

Jóhann Jóhannsson - Orphée (2016)

 

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There's a certain amount of mourning with this recording. From the stark cover, to the opening theme, everything feels very sorrowful; almost resigning to an end of things. Everything requires an ending. Most are bittersweet, while some things you wished had ended sooner, and a small amount you wished had never happened at all. The cold weather is setting in now, followed by the snow. Every evening is now beginning at 3 PM. The sun is shinning, but from behind a dark cloud. We are healing. Slowly, and with pain, but just a little while longer before we can go back outside and start living again. This is absolutely the soundtrack in Illinois right now.   

Orphée