A long time coming, no longer hung up in various label discussions, all the more relevant each day.
Each drone piece was written and improvised upon live with a particular person's absence in mind. Musical content, source material, and field recordings were chosen for their relation to the missed party.
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This is my favorite release by a criminally underrated American black metal project. The astonishing musicianship (this was a one-person band), the way the dense howl of vocals and strings contrast with the spacey 80s Joe Hisaishi keys, the unusual and endlessly creative ways the drum machine is utilized - there's still nothing quite like Petrychor, even now. I've listened to 'Planets Born of Human Ash' a hundred times and the percussion still blows my mind.
Cheers, and thanks for the music. Vintage Devilry
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Shades of Agalloch at times, but more occult in tone. Nasty heavy parts weave seamlessly with beautiful acoustic passages. 27 minutes goes by awfully fast; not a second wasted. Matt A
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