Release Date June 26th, 2026
Format CD/Digital
Genre Black Metal
Origin Poland
Azels Mountain formed in Poland in 2013, working within black metal shaped by Slavic heritage, mysticism, death and anti-religious thought. The lineup consists of Nauthiz Nihilist on vocals, Ottir and Roger on guitars, Bart on bass and Sławomir on drums. Their earlier albums, “Góra Milczenia” from 2016 and “Wieczny Sen” from 2019, introduced a cold mixture of fierce riffing, hypnotic melody and spiritual symbolism. Long gaps between releases have left the band with a compact discography, though its musical direction has remained distinct. Azels Mountain approaches black metal through melancholy and contemplation as much as aggression, drawing its character from Polish landscapes, ancestral imagery and the darker corners of Slavic culture. “Echa Krwi” is the band’s third album and its first release through Pagan Records.
For 48 minutes, “Echa Krwi” expands the scale of Azels Mountain’s black metal without sanding away its underground edge. The guitars alternate between tremolo attacks, solemn melodic lines and broad chords that build a bleak, windswept atmosphere. Sławomir’s drumming shifts from rapid assaults to measured rhythms, while the bass adds depth beneath the colder guitar layers. Nauthiz Nihilist uses a rasped vocal style rooted in traditional black metal, joined at selected moments by backing vocals from Roger and Bart. The production at M23 Studio, with mixing and mastering at Satanic Audio, presents the music with enough definition to separate the layered guitars while retaining its raw temperature. The compositions often stretch beyond five minutes, allowing their melodic ideas to develop through gradual changes and recurring motifs. Themes of blood, sacrifice, memory and transcendence appear through imagery tied to forgotten land, historical wounds and spiritual unrest.
Classical Polish music and literature inform the album’s melancholy character, especially in the stately melodies and solemn pacing, without turning the material into imitation folklore. Several ideas remain in circulation longer than necessary, and the similar pacing across the central songs can blur their individual contours. “Echa Krwi” nonetheless offers disciplined black metal with cultural depth, grim melodic character and an appropriately cold production. It is an absorbing third album from a band refining its Polish perspective through shadow, pride and remembrance.
|7.5
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