Esoteric Ascendance

Great start! This album envelops slowly, then to emerge from the void and topple the listener there again. The album begins with a fairly calm “The Procession”, gradually accelerating to a more extreme “Firvir” with an impressive chorus. The authors were inspired by the old school, which is reflected both in compositional terms and in sound production. The sound harmoniously emphasizes the authenticity of the material and the bias towards the classics of genres.

Combination of eerie soundscapes, depressive melodism, occult lyrics and sensual extreme voice make this release a truly emotional and meaningful. A dark esoteric essence envelops while listening to each composition. And the only drawback of the presented work is that there is not enough continuation. 18 minutes of EP is not enough to plunge into the abyss of occult stories headlong. Therefore, we are definitely looking forward to the continuation.

In overall, this is very solid debut EP with great dark atmosphere similar to early Rotting Christ and Triptykon. It’s a little hard to pick a memorable song though, I would especially highlight the self titled track “Esoteric Ascendance”. For the lovers of slow atmospheric doom and blackened metal genres Grimorte is a really great choice.