Reviews list for Downfall of Gaia - Ethic of Radical Finitude (2019)

Ethic of Radical Finitude

This is DoG's fifth album and is an exploration of the philosophical idea that it is the finite nature of life that makes it worth living. This takes the musical form of atmospheric black metal in the vein of Saor or Winterfylleth. It's blasting is often counterbalanced by gentle, calming sections of acoustic recuperation before once more launching into their pummelling attack. The songs are nicely structured so that neither form overpowers the other and exist in a kind of balance, possibly representative of life itself.

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Sonny Sonny / August 16, 2019 12:29 PM