After teasing us all Summer with fleeting glimpses of his arctic masterwork, Order member Þ (aka Thorn Blackfyre) has finally unveiled his full debut Vástígr album - Aura Aeternitatis – and it is a majestic masterpiece of ice-blasted melodies and tundra churning riffs, with the dumming skills of KH of Kaleikr.
For fans of Falls of Rauros, Fen, Agalloch, and the more expansive Icelandic sound – indeed, Vástígr played as a full band at this Summer’s Ascension Festival.
The album is available for NYP digital download from the band’s Bandcamp now, and is, unbelievably, currently unsigned. Seems like a perfect fit for a label like Flowing Downward, Gilead, Nordvis, Naturmacht or other luminous purveyor of elevated atmospheric black metal.
