Since 2013, Black Metal/Ambient project Burgûli has been the outlet for the creativity of Lord Gothaur, who hails from the Basque/Catalonia region of Spain. ‘Runes’ is his 2020 EP that he self-released on CD.
Have you ever wondered what a goat would sound like as a Black Metal vocalist? Well in the case of this EP it sounds more like a constipated goat. As the lo-fi but slightly atmospheric combination of wind swept riffs, simplistic muffled drumming and metronomic bass tones plays out, Lord Gothaur proceeds to bleat his anguished heart out, thoroughly ruining what had up until this point been a decent, if simplistic, display of dark, foreboding Black Metal.
I genuinely like the music. Its unspectacular and a little clunky but it has its charms. Those vocals though… oh dear the vocals!
