EP Review: Vile Crone - Apostle (2020)

The story of Vile Crone begins with illustrator and graphic designer Tom G from Adelaide, Australia experimenting with his broken guitar. While playing, strumming, recording, looping, sampling and programming at some point the one-person project Vile Crone was born. And finally, on January 5, 2020, the first release "Apostle" was published. The five-track EP can be downloaded on Bandcamp or streamed on Spotify.

The sound Vile Crone present on their EP is a raw and somewhat melodic melange of Black Metal and Doom Metal. Rough high-speed riffing meets a halting, gloomy, dark atmosphere and is decorated with symphonic synthie leads from time to time. Tom G narrates, sings, growls and screams his intense vocals above this unholy soundscape. In some parts the screeches are a little unpleasant to my ears as they remind me of Cradle of Filth or Macabre too much.

Nevertheless, Vile Crone has delivered an intense and strong EP here. "Apostle" is a nice addition to the music collection for fans of early Darkthrone, Dimmu Borgir, Thou, or Beast of Revelation. Vile Crone's Black Doom Metal is ice cold, evil and absolutely stunning. It might not be a whole new innovation but still the EP is fascinating. A solid work of apocalyptic and frostbitten metal.

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