Tenebrae in Perpetuum / Krohm - Tenebrae in Perpetuum / Krohm [Split] (2010)

Related:
Evoken - Embrace the Emptiness (1998)
Beatrik - Journey Through the End of Life (2002)
Tenebrae in Perpetuum - Onori Funebri Rituali (2003)
Tenebrae in Perpetuum - L'Eterno Maligno Silenzio (2009)
Ritual Chamber - The Pits of Tentacled Screams (2013)

A phenomenal split between a pair of phenomenal black metal solo projects. As always, Tenebrae in Perpetuum does everything right -- raw but massive sounding guitars and drums, spectral, reverb-drenched howls, simplistic but extremely effective songwriting -- and this split contains some of the project's most haunting work.

Krohm is the work of Dario Derna, whose past and present projects have included Drawn and Quartered, Evoken, Funebrarum, and Ritual Chamber. Sickly, interwoven guitar lines, drum machine, and intermittent death rattles.

Track listing:
-Tenebrae in Perpetuum-
1. I
2. II
3. III
-Krohm-
4. The Black Bridge
5. Toccato Dalla Desecrazione
6. Sentinel Monolith

I rained down as a silent sound
From abysmal skies that owned my torment

If you like this, you should also hear:

Absonus Noctis -
Penumbral Inorgantia (2005)

Funerarium -
Nocthule (2008)

Tenebrae in Perpetuum - Onori Funebri Rituali (2003)

Related:
Beatrik - Journey Through the End of Life (2002)
Tenebrae in Perpetuum - L'Eterno Maligno Silenzio (2009)

Tenebrae in Perpetuum's first full-length -- and one of my favorite black metal records -- Onori Funebri Rituali has a haunting, mysterious feel and sound, but never diverges from the path of purest, blackest metal.

Track listing:
1. Onori Funebri Rituali
2. Al Di La Della Nebbia
3. Verso L'Apocalisse
4. Oscure Presenze
5. Anime Silenziose
6. Delirio Nella Cripta
7. Quegli Occhi
8. Gli Abissi Di Pisorno

Ritual killing

You might also want to hear:

Onirik - Songs for the Apocalipse (2005)

I Shalt Become - The Pendle Witch Trials (2009)

Tenebrae in Perpetuum - L'Eterno Maligno Silenzio (2009)

Occult Italian black metal. The guitars, drums, and vocals are all soaked in reverb, creating a gigantic, immersive, dramatic sound. And speaking of dramatic, get ready for the clean, semi-operatic vocals: they're so legit, it took me a while to figure out that they're not sampled. L'Eterno Maligno Silenzio is the third and unfortunately final album from this phenomenal band.

Track listing:
1. Percepire La Luce Attraverso Il Sepolcro
2. L'Eterno Maligno Silenzio
3. Dissoluzione In Preghiera
4. Incubo Rosso Cupo
5. Il Morto Cthulhu Aspetta Sognando
6. Dei Corpi Silenti
7. Rapitemi, Anime Della Natura
8. Oltre I Confini Umani

Eternal darkness