“The Circle of Life is a cold, immersive descent from fire into water, blending black metal, blackgaze, and punk driven intensity into a ritual of destruction and rebirth.”
From the depths of suffocating doom: Absentia is Splendidula's most devastating chapter yet — six tracks of black metal and doom drenched in grief, shaped by real loss and featuring guest appearances by Aaron Stainthorpe (My Dying Bride) and Tim Yatras (Austere). The Absentia title track single blends atmospheric black metal and suffocating doom with haunting guest vocals by Tim Yatras. Post Mortem builds a landscape of intense Post/Sludge/Doom Metal where Kristien's bewitched chants clash against Pieter's harsh screams. Meanwhile, All Too Human by Oskoreien offers unrelenting waves of radiant black metal meditating on free will through the tragic story of Charles Whitman — achingly beautiful and undeniably sad.
“The Circle of Life is a cold, immersive descent from fire into water, blending black metal, blackgaze, and punk driven intensity into a ritual of destruction and rebirth.”