Pustota - Proch

Hello everyone!

There was a period in my life when I was obsessed with the black metal scene in Poland. I managed to find a lot of interesting bands and most of them were/are pretty good. As time went by my interest shifted to other areas and countries but recently I've discovered this relatively new Polish band and I'm happy to report that Poland still has excellent black metal output.

Pustota falls under the category of those semi-depressive black metal bands. While this can sometimes be off putting (especially to me) I'm having no problems whatsoever in enjoying this short EP. This is because they don't retread the old grounds very often. Yes there are still some of the landmark sounds and cliches in here like the reverb heavy screams, synth driven breakdowns and so on but there are plenty of interesting and new things that can be heard here. For starters the album is, composition wise, stellar so the whole journey never gets stale or boring. This is especially important because this EP has just two songs and both are about 10 minutes. The second most interesting thing on here is the use of violin in both songs. There's a thin line where the use of violins can turn from good to obnoxious but these guys know their stuff so it never feels like a bother to hear violin sections. The production as well is nicely done making all the instruments audible but not sterile or overproduced.

Overall this is a very well composed EP and hopefully (this came out in 2009 and they haven't released anything else since) we'll hear more of this band soon.

Zippyshare.