(written by Islander)

Deciduous Forest is the solo project of Brisbane-based Snjór, guitarist with Graveir and live guitarist for Hebephrenique, Brimstone, and Bruxa. Deciduous Forest drew its inspirations from terrains of atmospheric black metal, neofolk, and blackgaze and announced itself last year with the debut album Fields Of Yore. Now a second album has been prepared, one named Hymns of Time. The Apocalyptic Witchcraft label, which will release the album in January, has described it as “both a continuation of Fields Of Yore and an evolution of Deciduous Forest as a whole, revealing more of its sylvan landscape and haunted spirit of betrayal, regret and loss.”

The album unfolds like a journey through a vast and daunting primeval realm of light and shade, and as a traversing of harrowing and haunting internal realms as well. It is five songs long, and what we have for you today is the premiere of the fourth of those, “Celestial Forests“. Continue reading »