Averses II

Limited edition of 33 copies in an oversized digifile CD of “Averses II”, the second chapter of the “Averses” series of albums by the Belgian black metal project Déhà...

Déhà delves deeper into the highly personal universe of “Averses”, his acclaimed “trilogy of rain”, with this second chapter, “Averses II”, taking that grey and restrained atmosphere of the first album as a starting point to venture into a more intense sonic landscape, of more ambitious compositions, where the guitars acquire a far more powerful presence, the melodies take on an especially enveloping force and each riff seems to push towards ever deeper emotional heights, as if the rain that accompanied “Averses I” had left behind a landscape colder, darker and more desolate still...

Thus, the tireless Belgian musician takes a step forward in his own vision of atmospheric black metal with five new and expansive compositions, dense and carefully developed, shifting between moments of tremendous intensity and others of a more introspective nature, moving through an ever-broader emotional palette beneath that cold and overcast sky that hangs over the entire series... a huge, grandiose album, as could hardly be otherwise, charged with emotion, where the rawness of black metal finds a counterpoint in passages of great melodic beauty and increasingly rich instrumentation, carrying the universe of “Averses” into even deeper and darker territory, until it reaches “Prélude à rien”, a brief, intimate and deeply melancholic instrumental piece where all the intensity of the album seems to fold back upon itself, finding one final moment of calm and leaving the story suspended in a cold and silent atmosphere... a work especially recommended for those who find solace in the more melodic, atmospheric and introspective side of black metal and in the musical landscapes created by bands such as Shining, Austere, Agalloch, Gris or Paysage d'Hiver...

This reissue of “Averses II” comes housed in a luxurious oversized 4-panel digifile, meticulously handmade from heavyweight card and finished with an exclusive matt laminate, along with a printed cardboard sleeve to protect the CD. Once again, a carefully crafted physical edition, strictly limited to just 33 hand-numbered copies worldwide, available individually or together with “Averses I” and “Averses III” in a special reduced-price bundle containing the complete trilogy...