Vampillia - Alchemic Heart (2011)

Related:
Skin - Shame, Humility, Revenge (1988)
Boredoms - Super Roots 7 (1998)
Mono & World's End Girlfriend - Palmless Prayer / Mass Murder Refrain (2005)
Vampillia - Rule the World / Deathtiny Land (2011)

Transcendent debut album from this self-described "brutal orchestra." Two expansive compositions encompassing beautiful, shimmering drone; vocals that range from death metal growls to haunting operatic singing; massive walls of tremolo-picked guitars and strings; devastating poetry courtesy of Jarboe; and Merzbow doing that thing that he does. Absolutely brilliant stuff.

Track listing:
1. Sea
2. Land

I breathe in the darkness
To breathe out light
To breathe out fire

Also listen to:

Asva -
What You Don't Know Is Frontier
(2008)

Locrian & Mammifer -
Bless Them That Curse You
(2011)