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The Great Old Ones - Kadath



8.1 | 144 votes |
Release date: 24 January 2025
Style: Ambient, Atmospheric black metal

Owners:

30 have it
13 want it


01. Me, The Dreamer
02. Those From Ulthar
03. In The Mouth Of Madness
04. Under The Sign Of Koth
05. The Gathering
06. Leng
07. Astral Void (End Of The Dream)

Top 20 albums of 2025: 2

Line-up
Benjamin Guerry - guitars, vocals
Aurélien Edouard - guitars
Alexandre "Gart" Rouleau - guitars
Julian Deana - drums
Gregory Vouillat - bass

Additional info
Released via Season Of Mist.

Cover artwork by Jakub Rebelka.

Staff review by
F3ynman
Rating:
N/A
H.P. Lovecraft's most imaginative adventure tale, told through the spectral black metal of The Great Old Ones.

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published 29.01.2025 | Comments (3)

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Comments: 23   Visited by: 310 users
23.10.2024 - 18:21
Rating: 9
Finally!!! Looking forward to this one
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23.10.2024 - 19:34
Rating: 9
Paz
777
Elite


Kadath presents the journey of Randolph Carter in the Dreamlands, inspired by H.P. Lovecraft's 1943 novella: The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath.
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Album Release day (January 24, 2025)
24.01.2025 - 16:52
Rating: 8
Ch'ti
Great albums, "Those From Ulthar" and "Leng are two phenomenal tracks.
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24.01.2025 - 17:06
Rating: 9
Straight from hell. Fantastic
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24.01.2025 - 18:36
Rating: 8
AndyMetalFreak
A Nice Guy
Contributor
This has such great compositions and the sound quality is incredible, but it really is quite the experience trying to fully absorb this Lovecraftian beastly nightmare. It's the same principle I find with Blut Aus Nord.

Edit: Obviously an impressive album all the way through but "Leng" is particularly phenomenal. In fact, I'd say it's possibly the single best song released that I've listened to since "The Message - Tablet III" from Blood Incantation last year.
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24.01.2025 - 23:34
Rating: 8
ChrisWinther94
My first introduction to this band, and damn this is sublime black metal! A great mix of atmosphere and blasting black metal, that sends me right down into the deep dark realms of the unknown Kadath. Lovecraftian metal done right, in my book!


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25.01.2025 - 04:15
Rating: 9
Vellichor
Insanely good!
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26.01.2025 - 02:15
Rating: 8
Doge of Venice
Leng is the song of the year so far, for me. Was a bit surprised at it being instrumental (I think?) beyond the little French narration, but the mix of post-metal and atmo-black on it is perfection.
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26.01.2025 - 14:31
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Tage Westerlund
Good album, I like it , it was so long I did play this band
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I better die, because I never will learn speek english, so I choose dieing
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26.01.2025 - 22:05
Rating: 8
Nightmare^
Amazing work, the more I listen to it, the more I appreciate it.

It's the way it's layered that does it for me, it has the black metal aggressiveness but it somehow feels very dreamy.
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27.01.2025 - 11:05
Rating: 8
nonZero
If Lovecraft were alive today I wonder if he would enjoy listening to the music inspired by his works. Some (such as this) certainly capture the atmosphere well. I also like to imagine him playing Bloodborne after a long day of writing
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27.01.2025 - 20:22
Rating: 9
Why is this band suddenly invisible? It was ranked on the first place in the 2025 top 20..
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27.01.2025 - 20:46
Starvynth
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Staff
Written by JeroenKuiperij on 27.01.2025 at 20:22

Why is this band suddenly invisible? It was ranked on the first place in the 2025 top 20..

Fixed. Please let us know if you notice any other band profile that has suddenly turned invisible, as it could be a current and recurring issue.
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27.01.2025 - 21:12
Rating: 9
Góral
Combo Breaker
I can't say what I appreciate most here, the fantastic riffs, the dynamics of the whole album, the brilliant compositions, the great production or the excellent work of the new drummer. This is absolutely omg. I have loved every single second of this album. See you live soon
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28.01.2025 - 11:11
Rating: 9
Paz
777
Elite
Written by Góral on 27.01.2025 at 21:12

I can't say what I appreciate most here, the fantastic riffs, the dynamics of the whole album, the brilliant compositions, the great production or the excellent work of the new drummer. This is absolutely omg. I have loved every single second of this album. See you live soon

Omg a 9 from my bro! I really need to listen to it thoroughly...

And when do they play near you?
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29.01.2025 - 07:03
Rating: 9
Lord Slothrop
This might be my favorite from them yet.
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30.01.2025 - 11:30
Berzerker666
What a beast of an album!!! Truly amazing stuff!
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02.02.2025 - 05:11
ickoriss
It's pretty great!
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06.02.2025 - 17:40
Rating: 8
LeKiwi
High Fist Prog
Great album…I think? “Leng” was so divergent from the style of the rest of the album and incredibly epic (in the literal sense) that I totally forgot all the preceding songs. The track the followed was a bit of a shock…they should have loved that track up or something.
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09.02.2025 - 00:07
Rating: 9
Góral
Combo Breaker
Written by Paz on 28.01.2025 at 11:11

Omg a 9 from my bro! I really need to listen to it thoroughly...

And when do they play near you?

Hi Bro 09.04.2025, together with Cult of Fire. Take the day off and come, It looks like the gig of the year
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11.02.2025 - 09:28
Rating: 9
Paz
777
Elite
Written by Góral on 09.02.2025 at 00:07

09.04.2025, together with Cult of Fire. Take the day off and come, It looks like the gig of the year

Damn, CoF will be promoting their new album - that should be interesting!
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15.02.2025 - 16:49
Rating: 8
Skl3ros
Written by Nightmare^ on 26.01.2025 at 22:05

Amazing work, the more I listen to it, the more I appreciate it.

It's the way it's layered that does it for me, it has the black metal aggressiveness but it somehow feels very dreamy.

pretty much this. never heard of this band but this album is solid and keeps growing on me. it's somewhat atmospheric but with more depth than typical atmo bm, more aggressive yet melodic too.
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16.02.2025 - 04:46
Rating: 7
tintinb
Leng is definitely the highlight of the album. Also this sounds more dissodeath to my ears than atmoblack.
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