Very nice, thanks. Love the sound of the cymbals.

Just looked it up on YouTube and someone in the comments called it “magick metal”. I’ve been out of the metal scene for a while now but I see the tradition of inventing goofy names for subgenres is still going strong lol

Yes and I will judge anyone who doesn’t recommend me their favorite demo tape

90s demo tapes hit different though. The crustiness really enhances the overall atmosphere of certain genres.

Ysigim - Ain Soph Or (1994) is a personal favorite. They did a digital rerelease recently and it’s too clean, I don’t like it.

Complaining about the neighbours maybe? They sure have a lot of them.

They sound absolutely fantastic:

https://ebird.org/species/commur

It’s more boreal in distribution, so you might be a tad too far south. Usually it grows in bogs and heathlands. You can check iNaturalist for a map and to see if it’s been reported near you:

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/53041-Kalmia-angustifolia

Kalmia angustifolia