French, one man, Raw Black Metal-er Ergot de Seigle had a rather busy year in 2022. With two demos, this being one of them or course, and a full full-length album all being released that year.
With this being a demo, and albeit a demo from a Raw Black band, I am willing to give some of the tonal issues a pass, as that rawness is really what it is all about in this subgenre. But, and this is a big but (like mine), when the keys/synths sit on a level that clips and washes out the rest of the mix, I find it very off-putting to annoying. It honestly ruins the experience for me and I find it hard to get past this one glaring issue. And ‘Demo II’ is littered with this issue.
Besides that major issue I have, there are some rather good things in the stuff that gets muffled out, or when the keys are not there. It’s pretty good and the potential is high. But those keys just absolutely trash something that could have been good.
