Style: dungeon synth with black metal elements
Primary Emotions/Themes: a tribute to the early days of the genre mixed with a tinge of blackened vocals
Thoughts: I've started to really dig deep into the dungeon synth genre the past few years. The deeper I dig the more interesting music I find. There are things hidden in these synth laden passages that I have not heard in any other genres. There are also new takes on old concepts that make them feel fresh again, and it's in this realm that Moonlight's Wrath falls.
Vrorsaath takes the dungeon synth of the early to mid 90's as the base to their debut album. To this basis we occasionally had distant guitars and quite frequent black metal vocals. There isn't enough black metal here for it to be the dominant genre, but it is an ever present force... at least for most of the album.
As with many albums Moonlight's Wrath tells a story through its music. The start of the album is decidedly darker and contains much more black metal. As the album progresses the black metal elements become less pronounced eventually ending up with the final track containing no black metal at all. The progression is subtle and I normally miss the inflection point where the album switches over to pure dungeon synth, and that is one of the primary drivers as to why I like this album as much as I do.
As I listen to Moonlight's Wrath I'm not just listening to an album, I'm going on a musical journey. A journey to a place that is far off from the horrors of this world, a place where fantasy rules supreme. A place where The Night's Dream, Vague and Pale comes to life with the ethereal synths that it brings. A place where the horrors of this world are no more and there is only me alone in nature. This is the place of dreams.
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