Nocturnal Egg (Jordan)
Les astres s'alignent... Après cet acte de spéléologie transcendante offert par Abyssal Vacuum, Sébastien Besson ressuscite Dysylumn avec un quatrième opus, toujours en compagnie de Camille Olivier Faure-Brac. Abstraction est lui aussi placé sous le signe du changement et se dirige encore plus vers le black metal spatial proprement dit grâce à son mur du son infini et dissonant. Sous la batterie cognant aussi fort que les astéroïdes, les guitares suraiguës font apparaître un monstre cosmique...
Favorite track: Abstraction V.
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Signal Rex announces October 17tth as the international release date for Dysylumn's highly anticipated fourth album, Abstraction, on CD and vinyl LP formats.
Since their formation in 2010, Dysylumn have been something of an unsung "dark horse" of the French black metal scene. Whilst exhibiting some of that scene's idiomatic traits - the robustness of the orthodox / religious school, the melancholy of its more lonerist school - the duo have recast them in vivid new iterations. Signal Rex made a bloodpact with the band in 2020 to release their visionary second album, 2018's Occultation, on vinyl. Two years later, Dysylumn impossibly eclipsed that modern classic with the staggering double-album Cosmogonie, also in 2020. Between the two recordings, the duo displayed a breadth of vision firmly rooted in black metal's noblest traditions, but one more so aiming for the hinterlands of creativity and experience.
And so it goes with Dysylumn's long-awaited fourth full-length, Abstraction. Curiously titled, Abstraction is actually the duo's most immediate record in many a year; even on the surface, its five-song / 37-minute runtime seems relatively quick by comparison. However, to suggest that Dysylumn are shortchanging their still-swirling creativity by attacking more directly would be grossly missing the point. Gutted bass-throb and etheric guitar characteristically form the foundation, but here does the former sound more pensive and contemplative while the latter suitably slashes & surges with an unmatched amount of emotion. In fact, just isolating the guitar work of Sébastien Besson alone would render Abstraction an incredibly compelling experience, but his impassioned vocals along with the slippery-yet-stylish drumming of Camille Oliver Faure-Brac make the album an effortless exercise in point / counterpoint: a reinvigoration of black metal classicism on one hand and a defiant flipping of the script on the other, bypassing "progressive" and "post" tags not out of churlish disdain but rather as already-established signposts of no use to Dysylumn. Stargazing, wistful, and yet so full of vim and vigor - Abstraction hits emotional centers, HARD, without obfuscating their core creativity. From nascent flames to the final breaths of a flickering light...
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released October 17, 2025
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Musicians:
Sébastien B.
Guitars | Bass | Vocals
Camille Olivier F.B.
Drums | Production | Sounddesign
Géorgie, France, États-Unis, Belize, Mexique... J'ai, comme d'autres, relié les points topographiques qui font l'objet de Abyssal Vacuum : j'y ai vu une spirale se recroquevillant sur elle-même, à la manière des ammonites. Dans son premier album éponyme, le groupe français Abyssal Vacuum oublie la Terre et se livre à une vénération occulte de la terre, du sous-sol. Il commet une sorte de miracle interdit avec un doom/black metal oppressant mais étrangement léger. Une terrifiante inversion ! Nocturnal Egg (Jordan)
Blackbraid is a spiritual force in the black metal scene, bringing a unique perspective and culture that was missing until the release of this album. 'Barefoot Ghost Dance on Bloodsoaked Soil' is immensely powerful, showing me that black metal is as strong as ever. 'The River of Time Flows Through Me' is excellent as well, with a crushing melody and unforgettable song title. Hail Sgah'gahsowáh, the new blood of black metal. Obsidian One
Rundagard is legitimately a great example of 90's worship done right. The mix of raw yet listenable recordings, violent vocals and an infusion of synths and preludes make this album a perfect display of why Black Metal is best to be left in the underground! Majestic performance! Gabriel Tamas