Necronautical is a four piece from Northwest England, active since 2010 and releasing since 2012. Their first album Black Sea Misanthropy was released a couple of years ago and now the second full-length The Endurance at Night marks a very important step into the band’s career, having signed with Cacophonous Records.
This is a very competent and finely produced album, with layers of rawness and melodies that stay in your ear. Melodic black metal, symphonic black metal, you name it, what you will find is melody bursting from all the songs and pretty strong riffage. One more point in their favor is the consistency of all the album, musically and lyrically. The misanthropy and the nautical themes definitely take you out of daily mundane life and invite a little escape to a supernatural world, where death and dead sailors reign and guide.
It’s hard to pick a specific favorite song because the album doesn’t have ups and downs. “Oceanus Procellarum” can highlight the mid-paced tempo and at the same time it sums all the album’s qualities. I really like the vocals shifting from clean to harsh on this one, as much as the impressive guitar work. I think Necronautical is a great addition to Cacophonous family and a new band to watch.
Notes:
The Endurance at Nightt was released on July 15 2016 on Cacophonous Records.
Tracklist:
1. Pure Moon
2. Nihilartikel
3. Spitzenkörper
4. Oceanus Procellarum
5. Strom
6. The Endurance at Night
7. Theia
Personnel:
Naut - Vocals/Guitar
Carcarrion - Guitar
Anchorite - Bass
Slugh – Drums
Text by Vetrarnótt
This is a very competent and finely produced album, with layers of rawness and melodies that stay in your ear. Melodic black metal, symphonic black metal, you name it, what you will find is melody bursting from all the songs and pretty strong riffage. One more point in their favor is the consistency of all the album, musically and lyrically. The misanthropy and the nautical themes definitely take you out of daily mundane life and invite a little escape to a supernatural world, where death and dead sailors reign and guide.
It’s hard to pick a specific favorite song because the album doesn’t have ups and downs. “Oceanus Procellarum” can highlight the mid-paced tempo and at the same time it sums all the album’s qualities. I really like the vocals shifting from clean to harsh on this one, as much as the impressive guitar work. I think Necronautical is a great addition to Cacophonous family and a new band to watch.
Notes:
The Endurance at Nightt was released on July 15 2016 on Cacophonous Records.
Tracklist:
1. Pure Moon
2. Nihilartikel
3. Spitzenkörper
4. Oceanus Procellarum
5. Strom
6. The Endurance at Night
7. Theia
Personnel:
Naut - Vocals/Guitar
Carcarrion - Guitar
Anchorite - Bass
Slugh – Drums
Text by Vetrarnótt