It took me far longer than I care to admit to "get" Mare Cognitum. But here we are, all the way at the beginning, where it all started; and what a masterpiece it is. "Ambient" black metal is seriously underselling this album. It is raw, it is brutal, it will not hesitate to eat you alive; and yet it is musical, it is emotional, and it will shelter you with its wings. I often turn to metal when in times of rage, but Mare Cognitum has shown that rage can still be contained and reasoned with. Faith
Die Franse keisers van enorme swartkuns klank katedrale het hul vakleerlingskap erens vóór hul saamkoms in Eos al gehad, want die onmoontlikheid van hul atmosfeer is met hierdie eerste inval al geswel tot volste majesteit. Of dis wat ek myself vertel sodat ek beter kan voel oor slegs-mens wees. Arbitrêre owerheid is 'n plaag — ek verwyder en verwring my hoed in die aanwesigheid van ware meesters.--LD XUL//EXCELSI
Mikolaj is a real multi-talent in bass as well as guitar as well as vocals and "Darkside" Maciej's drumming is a well-calibrated 100th-of-seconds-clockwork. Not for nothing is Mgla considered as a standard for a lot of other blacker-than-black metal bands. I hope to see this band live once..... grote_smurf