Silvaplana - Sils Maria / Limbs of Dionysus (Augur Tongues / IARNWITH)
Silvaplana is the latest of many projects to emerge from the four fevered minds of Yellow Eyes , with bassist Alexander DeMaria (of Anicon and Urushiol acclaim) drawing from the Odz Manouk playbook to debut with two albums at once. Given the well-earned underground acclaim of Sunrise Patriot Motion ’s blackened post-punk, Ustalost ’s crystalline psychedelia, and Vilkacis ’ minimalist dirges, DeMaria has great expectations ahead of him as part of Yellow Eyes extended black metal canon – a body of work rivalled perhaps only by the members of Krallice or Blut aus Nord . As if to prove DeMaria’s great range both as a solo musician and lone composer, Sils Maria and Limbs of Dionysus are two very different sides of the same cryptic denarius – one trading in desaturated, ghostly tones, the other a roiling, twisting ride. Silvaplana - Sils Maria (Augur Tongues / IARNWITH) Just like the cover art’s depiction of the iconic Hotel Waldhaus (located in the titular Swiss municipality), Sils