March 2026 - Feature Release - The North Edition

My turn for The North clan nomination this month and I am going to go with a very recent discovery of mine from the black metal gift that keeps on giving that is Canada.  Quebec-based Givre offer a niche exploration on their 2024 album Le cloître (The Cloister) as explained on their Bandcamp page:

"...Givre continues their exploration of the atoning side of pain in Christian history. This time, the lyrics are taken from the hagiographies of six saint women and explores freely their relation to god through suffering, from the symbolic poetry of Hildegard Von Bingen (1098-1179) to the disturbing and factual depictions of Marthe Robin (1902-1981). Musically, this album explores a variety of extreme genres while maintaining a suffocating and tormented atmosphere."

I have picked up a few bm gems from Canada in recent years and so it is great to find more untapped talent for my earholes.  Let us know wat you think below in the thread here or in a review.

https://metal.academy/releases/51377

I recall quite liking this record when I briefly checked it out around the time of release so I've been intending on revisiting it at some point in the future. I haven't heard any of Givre's other material though.

I don't think I have come across these guys before, but I am always up for a bit of canadian black metal, so I will endeavour to give this some ear time this month and try to jot a few words down.