Hades Almighty "Millennium nocturne" 2LP

With a name change came a transformation: Hades became Hades Almighty, and their music evolved from raw, doomy black metal with Viking roots into something far more experimental, atmospheric, and unsettling. Millennium Nocturne is not your typical black metal release. It’s a dark, immersive experience, where ritualistic mid-paced tempos, haunting female choirs, and dissonant guitar work collide to form an album as gloomy and surreal as its stunning artwork. Rarely do image and sound align so perfectly. Tracks like “Dream Traveller” and “Garden of Chaos” envelop the listener in bleak, melodic atmospheres, while “Carnival Blaspheme” warps black metal conventions with bizarre time signatures and twisted, unorthodox solos. Even the more aggressive cuts like “Nemesis” maintain the album’s signature cosmic dread, with tremolo riffing and distorted leads cutting through the fog. Acoustic arpeggios, clean choral vocals, and Viking spirit still echo throughout, but this is no nostalgic throwback. This is black metal deconstructed, rebuilt into something otherworldly and cold, as if meant to usher in a new, lifeless era at the dawn of the new millennium. Bleak and uncompromising yet beautiful in its emptiness. This is one of the gloomiest and most unique albums ever crafted in the black metal genre. A must-listen for those who crave something beyond the traditional, yet deeply rooted in darkness. This double album comes with gatefold cover and on 180g purple vinyl.