Release Date April 17th, 2026
Format CD/LP/Cassette Tape
Genre Symphonic Black Metal
Country Finland
Finland's Vargrav kicked the rotting corpse of symphonic black metal back to life in 2018 with "Netherstorm". They blew up into a massive beast on their third album, "The Nighthold", bringing in a huge gang of scene veterans. Now they strip everything down to a two-man wrecking crew for their fourth album, "Dimension: Daemonium". V-Khaoz handles all the instruments while Werwolf screams his lungs out.
This album gives you forty-three minutes of icy, keyboard-soaked metal madness. Vargrav blasts you straight into the freezing vacuum of space. The production is blindingly bright and freezing cold, totally ditching standard basement trash audio. You get insane blast beats smashing head-on into huge, sweeping synthesizer lines. It creates a massive, frozen wall of sound.
Werwolf goes completely psychotic on the mic. His vocals are vicious, tearing through the mix with pure, unfiltered aggression. V-Khaoz backs him up with rapid-fire tremolo picking and frantic drumming. Tracks like "Ablaze Upon The Nocturnal Realms" and "Moonfrost Storms" unleash a storm of freezing riffs. The guitars lock in perfectly with the colossal keyboard tracks.
The synthesizers absolutely steal the show on this album. Vargrav uses these keys to build a terrifying vision of dead, frozen space. Songs like "Bleeding Galaxies" and "Starlight Chalice" run entirely on these massive, majestic synth melodies. The keys soar way above the drum battery, throwing down a massively epic, freezing atmosphere. The symphonic parts steer the entire damn ship.
"Dimension: Daemonium" is an incredibly killer ride through the cosmic freezing void. The duo delivers a brutal, symphonic attack. A few moments drag slightly, pulling the overall damage down just a tiny fraction. Regardless, Vargrav unleashes a massively cold, aggressive blast of majestic black metal. Worshippers of Limbonic Art will appreciate it a lot.
Score: 8.3
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