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Picture Credit: Ewigkeit Ewigkeit - 23 Release: January 23, 2021 Label:  Death to Music Format: Digital Length: 20:58 Genre:  Melodic Death Metal / Blackened Death Metal Origin:  Brighton ,  England A new release by Brighton's Ewigkeit predominantly means one thing: you press play and wonder "what has James Fogarty come up with this time?". Four months ago, a Prog Doom EP came out and before that, Ewigkeit provided us with Progressive Black Metal . So, what is it we have to expect from Fogarty  this time? Well, the cover artwork and the EP's titls "Depopulate" give us the first hints: this release is all about the pandemic and some of its consequences. Did I say 'Pandemic'? I meant 'Plandemic, of course. Yes indeed, on his new EP Ewigkeit concerns the utterings of those who deny the danger of COVID-19 or those who even say that the whole thing was either not real or that it was part of a bigger plan. In Germany we call those conspiracy theoris...

Picture Credit: Ewigkeit   Ewigkeit - 23 Release: 23 September, 2020 Label: Death to Music Format: Digital Length: 23:00 Genre: Progressive Metal / Doom Metal Origin: Brighton , England Earlier this year, I reviewed Ewigkeit's " Land of Fog 20/20 ReVision ". Now, as autumn is commencing there is a new release by James Fogarty  ( In the Woods... / Jaldaboath / Old Forest ). Ewigkeit's newest work is a five-track EP lasting exactly 23 minutes. On "23" Ewigkeit sounds a lot different that on recent works. The music is still very progressive but a bit less experimental. Also, the Black Metal theme have almost completely been abandoned on this EP. Instead, Fogarty  adds lots of elements from Doom Metal and Stoner Rock to the musical atmosphere on "23". Speaking of Doom Metal, the opening track 'Bring the Eschaton' (video above) speaks volumes. With this powerful track Ewigkeit sets the pace fot the EP: massive, heavy and nihilistic Prog Metal...

Back in the year 2000, James Fogarty 's project Ewigkeit recorded their third album "Land of Fog". Two decades later the musician who is also know for his work with In the Woods... , Jaldaboath , and Old Forest is giving us the pleasure of a re-production of his powerful and versatile album. His "Land of Fog 20/20 Revision" features around 40 minutes of Black and Progressive Metal . Since early February 2020 the new release can be streamed on Spotify or purchased as a digital version. A physical copy will available in March in form of a digipack CD via Death to Music Productions . The CD will feature four tracks of the original demo from 2000 as well as an unreleased song. Thus, it is definitely worth investing some coins in the purchase of the haptic format of the third re-release by Ewigkeit. "Land of Fog 20/20 ReVision" is a powerful, somewhat cynical, unique work of Progressive Black Metal. Symphonic arrangements merge into high-speed s...