Malist’s mix of BM vocals (which sometimes delve into a guttural DM range) and clean singing are impressive for a genre where all too often the BM singing is the weakest element for many bands who shove embarrassing performances deep into the mix or cover them up in piles of reverb. The percussion is a bit thin for the music though and if Malist ever decides to tour the music, he’ll need a live drummer to give his work and its message the thunder it needs. With “Karst Relict”, Malist man Ovfrost takes the music into a post-BM direction with a cleaner style, more structured songs and a beefed-up sound with multi-layered guitars. My main impression of the first two albums is that they are raw free-flowing melodic BM with a lot of dramatic flair and aggressive energy.
A metaphor of self-discovery through tests and trials, the confrontation and transformation that follows it, and the consequences that come about can be seen.Īt this time of writing I confess I haven’t heard all the albums in the trilogy thoroughly though I’ve heard “Karst Relict” a fair few times. At a basic level, the trilogy traces the odyssey of a hero through the labyrinthine Karst Realm to confront the kingdom’s tyrant ruler, and the battles, physical and psychological, he has to endure and win. Putting out three albums in three years is a very impressive achievement for a solo BM project, especially as the albums are based around a narrative of an epic journey that can be interpreted on different levels. Gosh, looks like I’m late to this particular party: “Karst Relict” is the last album in Malist’s Karst Realm trilogy of recordings that begin with “In the Catacombs of Time”, released in 2019, and continue with “To Mantle the Rising Sun” that came out in 2020. Malist, Karst Relict, Germany, Northern Silence Productions, NSP199 CD / cassette / vinyl LP (2021)
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