Man, in his pride, has rose
From humble beginnings of stone
To surpass, on this path
All expectations of old
Sovereign of his surroundings
Great archer of the earth
So proud in the flesh which adorns him
Astute to the wiles of the world
The wilderness which once tested him, vested
He traces paths of clouds now with ease
Dwellings to rival height of mountains
He plunders resources from the seas
Regal bearing of this eminent offspring
Each ordeal left barren in the dirt
Fire, once harnessed, now conjured
In accord with his will
Man, claiming godhood
Before him all creatures are still
The slow climb from the primordial expectorant
To surmount the vagaries of Olympus
Yet legends of gods share a thread
Their unmatched ability to destroy
Still escapes him
Armored by his ambition
His hands have crafted the weapon
Which can test the validity
Of all his creations
Baptized by plutonium rain
Fulfillment of myth now resolved
The sceptre of godhood attained
Deified, ordained in the world's defeat
Mikolaj is a real multi-talent in bass as well as guitar as well as vocals and "Darkside" Maciej's drumming is a well-calibrated 100th-of-seconds-clockwork. Not for nothing is Mgla considered as a standard for a lot of other blacker-than-black metal bands. I hope to see this band live once..... grote_smurf
Swirling guitars, furious drums, vocals that at the same time howl from infinite distance and are right up in your head; everything put into dissonant form with the help of unconventional songwriting. This album is my personal key to the icelanding black metal madness that I've ignored for way too long! Lukas Kaufmann
Very late to the party, but for several years I've found melodic black metal all too similar and all albums sounding like Dissection, etc... HOWEVER, not only I am back into it but UADA is still a layer of complexity above the main baseline and this is an old album worth having, that's a basic milestone in UADA's discography and I felt it needed to be part of my BC collection. sachavonkarl74
The metal’s band revelatory new record crosses genres and styles, effortlessly combining seemingly incompatible subgenres. Bandcamp Album of the Day Apr 26, 2024
Gaerea's first release of "Unsettling Whispers" was in 2018, and since, they dared define a "black metal" niche of their own, they dared to walk a new path and stir shit up a bit in the realm of BM, this album is a masterpiece and a milestone proving that it can be done, provided the band can pull it off, and they did, oh they did! Gloomy, dark, post-BM sludgy whatever, it's Gaerea, and this one belongs in my BC collection, the end. sachavonkarl74