A video, created by Dehn Sora, for the recently released single:



It's different, but I like it

Oh hell yes! Thoroughly enjoy everything these guys have come up with so far and can't wait to hear this in full.
93! 93/93

Tons of atmosphere and plenty of great riffs. Another triumph from a fantastic band.

Well this is pretty damn good. I'll be giving this a few more listens during the week to see how much of a keeper it is

Kinda wish they'd further pursued the tribal/dark ambient/black metal fusion from Triangle disc 3 and Hermaphrodite further, but this is still hugely enjoyable

After a couple of listens, this feels like it may well be the best of their releases. Yes, they are rehashing some riffs and drum patterns, but the overall result needs absolutely no trimming unlike their two previous albums (which were great nonetheless). "A Paradigm Of Beauty" is bloody excellent and different for Schammasch's style (not that they ever had one style). I'll be spinning this a lot and it will end up very high on my black metal album of the year list.

Oh man this is their most adventurous and daring record. They manage to make something truely distinctive without being overtly experimental. There is a lot of variation in the style of the song, and yet, the whole thing is very coherent. Amazingly, they have managed to pull out all the different sounds they have aimed perfectly.
One listen and this is the album of the year already. Top notch stuff from these guys once more.

80% of "huh, this sure is a Schammasch record!" and 20% of "so they're really committing to this?? Nice"

In love with this album from the first listen. I feel as if they asked me what I wanted to hear and made the album accordingly. I was caught by surprise with A Paradigm of Beauty, it's an occult-goth-rock-black-metal song I didn't know I needed, but I love it.

This sounds pretty good. The vocals are a bit meh, both clean and harsh, but not bad enough to annoy me. As with most of their work, I lose interest after a handful of songs. This band works best for me in small portions, which is ironic considering the length of their releases.

I see myself revisiting the first three and last two tracks, they're probably the most "classic Schammasch" at this point, whatever that means. I appreciate them trying new things in the middle but with "A Paradigm Of Beauty" they kind of failed spectacularly.

Overall, they're definitely doing some things very right; which other bands should take note of.

Written by Zap on 09.11.2019 at 14:20

The vocals are a bit meh, both clean and harsh, but not bad enough to annoy me.

Yeah they're pretty terrible. Half assed feeling.

A very good album, lots of atmosphere "A Paradigm Of Beauty" is the stand-out song for me here, so good!

Overrated imo, lots of atmosphere sure but I found it uninteresting accompanied with weak vocals.

I really like the album, tho perhaps not as much as Triangle or Sic Luceat Lux (but those are masterpieces that are incredibly difficult to top for me). However, while I appreciate how Schammasch want to create different sounds, I really don't like Paradigm of Beauty. Just doesn't fit with the rest of the album or the sound.

Favourite tracks: Rays like Razors, Ego Sum Omega

Paradigm of beauty

Can't say I enjoyed it as much as I thought I would, but it's still a ... schammasching record.

Juicy stuff.

It's official. If "Innermost, Lowermost Abyss" was a single track ep, I would have 10ed it. One of the best closers ever. I hope they expand on this sounds.

Written by Troy Killjoy on 08.12.2019 at 18:03

Can't say I enjoyed it as much as I thought I would, but it's still a ... schammasching record.

Ha. Every time I see this band's name I think of Sean Connery saying "smash".

Liked Triangle (esp 3rd disc), hated hermaphrodite and absolutely loving this one. Hearts of no light has equal bits of black metal and drone elements. The black metal bits are better sounding to me to say the truth. Some of the riffs are extremely memorable.

Personally I liked Ego Sum Omega better. And yes the vocals sounded weak, I thought it was a production issue.

Enjoyed every second of it

Unique group !!! I have no words for the ideas and the sound, for the atmosphere and the performance ...

Folks, tell me more similar bands with that sound? are unique!

Leasing this

https://open.spotify.com/album/0R4njNPMnecMk9KjHK5rmC?si=f9i1FSi9ROGMaNoRoOuNMw

Now I remember who this style resembles to me, but in a new version: Satyricon with the great albumites Nemesis Divina, Extravaganza. Listen and you will see the similarity.

This is a great release, a ton of variety, and some great atmospheric moments. I agree the vocals are a weak point, but they're not a major issue for me, and "A Paradigm Of Beauty" may not fit in to the albums overall structure of things, but it's still an excellent track in it's own right and the track I find repeating the most on this album.