I Shalt Become - In the Falling Snow (2008)

Previously on OPIUM HUM:
I Shalt Become - The Pendle Witch Trials (2009)
I Shalt Become - Poison (2010)

Ghostly, lo-fi, depressive US black metal. A murky, blown-out wall of guitars and droning keyboards, simple, plodding drums, and ghoulish vocals. Belongs in the DSBM hall of fame for sure.

Track listing:
1. Intro
2. Burning
3. In the Falling Snow
4. These Cold Desires
5. All Alone and Dead
6. Dreamscapes
7. Acid Lights
8. The Lost Man
9. Our Children Die
10. Outro

Dragged

You'll also wanna hear:

Striborg -
Mysterious Semblance (2004)

Mord -
Imperium Magnum Infernalis (2006)

I Shalt Become - The Pendle Witch Trials (2009)

Previously on OPIUM HUM:
I Shalt Become - Poison (2010)

Creepy, atmospheric US black metal. Lushly layered guitars and keyboards hang like a thick gray fog over plodding drums and echoing rasps.

Track listing:
1. Intro
2. Enstasy (The Theory of Maxwell's Demon)
3. The Serpent Song
4. A Ritual Killing
5. The Tragedie of Macbeth: Actus Quintus, Scena Quinta
6. End Time
7. Denial
8. In Absentia
9. Outro

The corpse in the forest

If you like this, try:

Absonus Noctis - Penumbral Inorgantia (2005)

Veil - Dolor (2005)

I Shalt Become - Poison (2010)

I Shalt Become is a solo black metal project from Illinois. After four quite similar full-lengths of enveloping, hazy depressive black metal, Poison's symphonic elements and fluid, forward-thinking compositions took me completely by surprise. Three years later, I still haven't completely wrapped my head around it. Way more people should listen to this band.

Track listing:
1. Like a Lamb to the Slaughter...
2. Black Swan Events
3. Harlow's Vertical Chamber Apparatus
4. No Quarter at the Somme
5. Ghosts
6. Leaving Watership Down
7. The Swarming of the Locusts
8. Doubt
9. The Finest Cut of the Scalpel
10. Absolve Me

A beating that took its toll
A pound of flesh consumed