The Dead Light (Luxus - Hi-Res)

by Fen

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C]-[aoSlayeR Excellent release and thanx for a decent 96kHz version. As opposed to "Scooby Doom", I can clearly see the high frequency noise all the way up to 48kHz - at least for the FLAC version. Happy to see better recording equipment finally coming to good use! Favorite track: The Dead Light (Part 1).

Scooby Doom About Fen, another excellent album, but the Hi-res flac version it's a fake 24/96. For example, the second track have only 325Kbps bitrate!

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1.	Witness 05:55	buy track
2.	The Dead Light (Part 1) 07:12	buy track
3.	The Dead Light (Part 2) 03:18	buy track
4.	Nebula 07:05	buy track
5.	Labyrinthine Echoes 09:52	buy track
6.	Breath of Void 06:11	buy track
7.	Exsanguination 08:03	buy track
8.	Rendered in Onyx 09:35	buy track
9.	Monochromatic Ossuary 06:30
10.	Searching 03:44
11.	Echoes of the Crowpath 06:09

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On "The Dead Light," Fen explore the beauty that comes from destruction. Representing the vanguard of contemporary UK post black metal, the band offers its heaviest, most direct album to date. It is the sixth full-length in a career of less than 15 years and marks another recalibration for the three-piece that, while always daring to use unconventional structures, found that the predecessor "Winter" (2017) was the apex in this respect. "This time, we took on the creative challenge to say more in less time," says co-founder The Watcher.

That does neither mean Fen lost their trademark sweeping melodies and atmosphere, nor does it suggest less progressive structures. If anything, the material shows the group at its most British. "I'm kind of old school, I love heavy metal," the guitarist and singer explains regarding his more riff-oriented, straightforward approach that goes along with some more "outlandish" influences , ranging from Voivod circa "Nothingface" or "Angel Rat" towards latter-day Enslaved.

The result is a sound best described as "spectral, colder, sharper" according to the front man, which also translated into lyrics that revolve around the search for knowledge, symbolized by our upward look to the stars . "When we watch the sky, we basically travel into the past and literally see dead light - nuclear fire from exploded planets, annihilated civilisations."

Wiped out celestial bodies notwithstanding, with tunes like the twopartite, angular title track or the wistful 'Nebula,' which has already become a favourite among at the trio's concerts, Fen in 2019 are luminaries that could not burn brighter.

"The Dead Light" is available as Digipak CD, 2CD book edition (faux-leather hardcover, 18x18cm, 36 pages with preface, exclusive artwork and three bonus tracks) and gatefold 2LP (black and ltd. violet).

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released December 6, 2019

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Fen UK

: Formed in 2006 as a studio project by Grungyn, Theutus and The Watcher, and inspired by the windswept, desolate landscape of England’s Fen region, the band set out to fuse the cold rage of Black Metal with more reflective influences, creating a deeply intense and atmospheric sound which speaks of loss and melancholic yearning ... more

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Copenhagen, Denmark

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