Dunes Of Ash, an occult, ritualistic Black Metal band of unknown origin (…but I’ll bet they’re from Portugal), presents The ‘Fall Of The Seven Sisters’, which serves as their debut album. The band consists of three individuals P, A and E. This debut album was released on vinyl, cassette and CD which serves as an indication on how hard Signal Rex believes in this band/project.
Orthodox and utterly occult Black Metal from the early nineties that was injected with a hefty dose of satanic malevolence is what Dunes Of Ash bring.
The album is a stark and immersive descent into orthodox Black Metal’s most atmospheric corners. Built on dissonant riff architecture, ritualistic pacing, and a suffocating sense of cosmic dread, the album pushes beyond genre orthodoxy into a realm of spiritual confrontation and avant‑garde tension. There is quite some heavy hammering and clubbing going on.
Monotonous riff work alternates with icy lead parts that, due to the nature of the mix, lie somewhere between the vocals and the drums. It is all delightfully brutal, aggressive, and very vicious. Dunes Of Ash pay tribute to The Order of Nine Angles, Satanism, Death, Darkness.
Across seven movements, Dunes of Ash weave liturgical chants, fractured melodies, and violent rhythmic surges into a cohesive narrative of celestial ruin , think of Nehëmah, older Emperor, Deathspell Omega and Aosoth. The album has already been praised for its depth, ambition, and uncompromising vision, ‘The Fall of the Seven Sisters’ stands as one of the year’s most formidable statements in contemporary Black Metal.
Essential album to have.
