Band:	Blliigghhtted
Album:	Into The Cunt Of The Witch
Style:	Experimental black metal
Release date:	June 03, 2016
A review by:	X-Ray Rod

01. Black Flame I: Life Is A Prison
02. Black Flame II: Keep Your Light From Me
03. Black Flame III: Death Is Life
04. Illusion I: Religion
05. Illusion II: Pleasure, Pain And Pedophilia
06. Illusion III: Suicide Is Painless
07. Death I: Unknown, Unknowable, Uncertain
08. Death II: Ejaculating Into Darkness
09. Death III: Black Flame Is Refusal
10. Suicide I: Chaos Everywhere
11. Suicide II: Naked Life
12. Suicide III: Certainty Is Illusion

One of Blliigghhtted's candles was suddenly blown away as one of the members, Ruhan, committed suicide during December 2015? But just like the embers of a candle can ignite a new flame, Ruhan's unfortunate death is the main force behind the final album by this project.

Into The Cunt Of The Witch can be seen as a study on suicide. The lyrics on this black metal tale deal heavily with death, suicide, religion, society and the uncertainty behind these concepts. All this through the mind of the deceased member and what could have possibly leaded to her demise. The album is divided in 4 movements with each one covering different lyrical themes while subtle yet effective musical changes take place as well. "Black Flame" kicks off in a straightforward fashion with solid and dissonant black metal mixed with just a tiny bit of death metal here and there for extra oomph. The songs are fairly short but make their point clear with their viciousness and fast pace.

Things slow down with "Illusion", as this movement starts off with hypnotic leads which eventually become more chaotic with time. The vocals are sung quite freely, almost like a narration of Ruhan's life yet they flow well with the music, changing from higher screams to throaty growls and even low, nearly lamenting, clean vocals depending on the music and lyrics. The second half of the album covering the themes of (Ruhan's) death and suicide provides a more dynamic songwriting with slower doomy passages and plenty of melancholic melodies as if they were announcing the upcoming tragedy.

All in all, Into The Cunt Of The Witch is quite the harrowing album. The subject matter and the lyrics related to it are intriguing but do not take over the music. The album changes voices with ease and at times it makes it hard to truly describe its' sound as the elements involved make up an homogenous style. Fans of erratic, chaotic yet oddly melodic metal should dive into this cunt!