AKHLYS – Melinoë CD (digipak)
Descend into the darkest corridors of the subconscious with Melinoë, the eagerly anticipated second full-length album from US black metal entity AKHLYS. Released on CD via Debemur Morti Productions in 2020, this monumental follow-up to 2015’s oneiric modern classic The Dreaming I delivers five paeans of hypnotic, metamorphic, and dangerously addictive darkness, titled after the Orphic Goddess—bringer of nightmare and madness.
The most group-oriented iteration of AKHLYS to date channels the structural arcs of dream experience with staggering intensity. Across five sprawling tracks—“Somniloquy”, “Pnigalion”, “Succubare”, “Ephialtes”, and “Incubatio”—the band weaves martial, trance-inducing drumming, swarming counterpoint guitars, spellbinding dark ambient textures, and vocal paroxysms of euphoric terror. The result is a layered, multi-faceted work that perfectly juxtaposes meticulous craftsmanship with frightening pandemonium.
Spiritual, mythic, emotional, and physical, Melinoë deepens the mystery of AKHLYS and draws the listener yet further into a new way of dreaming. In the words of the band’s prime architect Naas Alcameth: “From the gates of slumber, where succubi perch betwixt wakefulness and dream, to the dark lands beyond, where nightmare daemons and the gods of terror preside, Melinoë serves as noctuary, hymnal and sojourn.”
An essential acquisition for devotees of atmospheric, esoteric, and boundary-pushing black metal. This is not merely an album—it is an immersive journey into the very fabric of nightmare.
Product Details
- Artist: Akhlys
- Title: Melinoë
- Format: CD
- Country: United States
- Label: Debemur Morti Productions
- Year: 2020
- Genre: Black Metal / Dark Ambient
Tracklist
- Somniloquy
- Pnigalion
- Succubare
- Ephialtes
- Incubatio
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