You smoulder, you burn! FLAGRAS is a six-piece from Northern Germany whose promising EP "Glut" ("ember") from 2020, in retrospect, only cautiously announced what now manifests in their sophomore tier, the fittingly titled first full length "Lohe" (an old, Middle High German word for "flame").
With fiery and febrile atmosphere the band hereon presents a multifaceted intense Black Metal experience, that is reminiscent of well-known German protagonists from atmospheric black metal and passionately unites the urging energy of a debut album with a fond vigour for detail and maturity - visualized masterfully also in the exceptional cover artwork by Benjamin "Aran" König @ Sperber Illustrationen.
Sol Records is proud to release this album as digipak CD (lim. 300).
Includes unlimited streaming of Flagras - Lohe
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
The atmosphere of this album is fantastic. Makes you feel like you're knee-deep in the trenches drenched in mud, filth, sweat, and blood. Truly encapsulates the horrors of World War I, and the fact that the lyrics of some of the songs are taken from old war letters really adds to the authenticity.
Favorite Track(s): Die Feuertaufe, Grabenlieder edoerfler
Blackbraid quickly followed up their 2022 debut in 2023 with more native folk infused furious black metal. This is by no means a sophomore slump as it is equally excellent, methodical, melodical, and approachable as the first record. 9/10 RJ
I fucking love this band. 100% guaranteed that if you opened me up and listened to the sound of my crazy ass black metal heart, it would most likely sound something like this 🤣🖤 bcb723