RELEASED FRIDAY 14 FEBRUARY 2025 - DUE IN STORE LATE FEBRUARY
Nostalghia's Wounds emerges as a stunning and multifaceted journey through the vast spectrum of extreme and atmospheric metal. It showcases the band’s ability to blend aggression, melancholy, and creativity into a cohesive yet unpredictable experience. The album is as bewitching as it is visceral, effortlessly moving between styles while maintaining an overarching dark and penetrating atmosphere.
The opener Rêverie sets the tone with pulsating black metal laced with groove and melodic sensibilities, building to a powerful finale enriched by the nostalgic charm of an accordion. This striking and unexpected choice immediately signals Nostalghia's inventive spirit. Quiet Grief takes a surprising turn, almost leaving black metal behind with its clean vocals, introspective choirs, and an enthralling dark rock sensibility— only to erupt into ferocious, lacerating black metal chaos, a dichotomy that keeps listeners hooked.
Monument of Sorrow ventures into DSBM territory, channelling despair and beauty with its melancholy-driven melodies and a long, emotive conclusion.
Hypnagogic cleverly combines extreme metal with classical metal and dark rock, creating a dynamic and intelligent composition. The provocative Contemplación Fúnebre showcases the band's mastery of contrast, as enchanting and reflective interludes punctuate its core intensity, offering moments of meditative respite. Finally, the monumental Exit Wounds closes the album with eleven sprawling minutes of sheer musical brilliance. Seamlessly traversing shoegaze, progressive metal, heavy metal, brutal black, and rich romantic atmospherics, it encapsulates Nostalghia's ability to stretch genre boundaries while maintaining an emotional and immersive soundscape.
This album is a testament to Nostalghia’s sublime creativity, fearless approach to sonic experimentation, and talent for balancing extremes—ferocity with grace and darkness with beauty. Wounds is a masterful release that cements Nostalghia as an emerging force in the scene and one for which their label deserves immense gratitude for unveiling this "black pearl" to the world.