Eucharist is one of the legendary Swedish death/black metal bands, crafting their dark art since the late 80’s. When I heard their new single last year and later wrote the article for the upcoming title „I Am the Void“, everything inside me bursted into flames – the magic of Eucharist is all-consuming and will always bring me a specific atmosphere and feeling that could not. to be forged in any other way. The very news of their return after more than 20 years of silence was spectacular!

Both of the band’s full-lenght albums until this moment – „A Velvet Creation“ (1993) and „Mirrorworlds“ (1997) provide my favorite type of metal – obsessive, sublime, raw, melodic and at the same time woven through fine design and technical precision, as the band has always liked to combine different elements of death metal in their work , which always leads to very deep soundscapes.
As a matter of fact, „A Velvet Creation“ is one of the examples of classics in the death metal genre and although the band currently carries black metal at its core, this album is a classic melodic death metal that sets the tone for many artists in future and presents music that has not been heard in such a light so far, like some of our other favorite black metal bands – Darkthrone, for example.
„Mirrorworlds“ also stands as a glorious monument in their discography and presents a new extremely beautiful form of melodic death metal with magnificent riffs that I can listen to alone all day long, along with compositions that send us into space, among blood-soaked stars and rising suns.
That is why all the expectations I have for Eucharist are for no less than the best of the best… of the best.

Apart from being long-awaited, the band’s third long-playing album is more deeply connected to my specific personal beliefs and mental states, which makes it come just in time, albeit after a really long break.
As for the music of Eucharist – as we have already understood, it is not music for everyone, it is not music for the lovers of „modernity“, of „likes“ and for those who adore being in the spotlight with nothing valuable to express.
This is music for true connoisseurs and in this case – the true cult of black and death metal in its purest form. A cult that cannot be flawed and that must be approached with all the attention you could imagine.

Among the old songs of Eucharist there have always been glorious old school melodic riffs and a primitive emotion woven into the vocals which grab you by the throat right at the first glimpse. The band has always intertwined ethereal ideas in its concepts and philosophically presented the unimaginable to its listeners in a majestic and breathtaking way.
Before you start with „I am the Void“, I really recommend you go through the whole discography of the band, if you haven’t heard anything of theirs so far, just to be able to feel the evolution and the power of this return.

„I am the Void“ is not just a third long-playing album, but also a monument to a new beginning for Markus Johnsson, the ideologue behind the band, who in his own words has always wanted to move to a darker atmosphere. The musician finds support in this endeavor in the new addition to Eucharist – drummer Simon „Bloodhammer“ Schilling, also a member of Panzerchrist, At The Grave and Marduk.
Together, the duo set the stage for a new era for Eucharist and set out to explore a new, much darker side of the band, rooted in 90’s black metal and filled with incredible musical surprises.

Starting the adventure with dark drones and an ambient atmosphere, Eucharist strikes with fierce blasts, raw cutting guitars and harsh black metal vocals that we could not have imagined hearing from this direction. Listening to the first song, I think that the idea of ​​Markus Johnsson to indulge in his own darkness and start creating in the direction of black metal, is a great gift for all fans of our favorite genre.

The experience and the primacy amaze in the first seconds, and in each of the songs you can feel an incredible emotion, firmly rooted in the roots of beautiful cold atmospheres.
Although Eucharist’s incredible death metal tricks from previous albums can still be felt at their very best, here the heart is 90’s high-end black metal, erupting to the heights with its sharpness, precision and relentless vortex of unearthly expression.
Not to mention the atmospheric guitar solos in songs like „In the Blaze of the Blood Red Moon“, which take me back to the Eucharist debut records, which I have always dreamed of hearing through the prism of black metal.
With twelve songs and over an hour of overflowing atmospheres with cutting instrumentals and enormous vocals, the band conquers the chaos with inherent grandeur.

With „I Am the Void“ Eucharist embraces more than 30 years of experience in the death metal scene, allowing us to witness a beautiful and all-consuming metamorphosis into a darker and more captivating being. The inhuman guitar riffs , which are painfully familiar to all fans of the band, are here again, but this time accompanied by a darker ritualistic atmosphere, more heaviness, making the record a feverish adventure through unfamiliar outer space, nightmares and celestial creatures, lurking in the dark.
„I Am the Void“ is a captivating story about the essence of darkness, its power and its divine nature, which not everyone can perceive and endure.

Do you have the courage to wander through the Abyss and open your souls to Darkness and its majesty?
If the answer is „Yes“, listen to „I am the Void“ and dwell into the darkest corners of the vortex!

Score: 10/10 ????????????????????????????????????????

Favorite song: “I am the Void”

EUCHARIST – „I Am The Void“
Label: Helter Skelter Productions / Regain Records
Release date: 25.03.2022 (CD/MC/Digital) ; vinyls later in Spring.
Order : https://www.shadowrecords.se

There are three  of the songs in the album available to listen right now:

„Shadows“:

„Mistress of Nightmares“:

„I am the Void“:

Links:

https://www.facebook.com/eucharistsweden
https://regainrecords.bandcamp.com/album/i-am-the-void
https://www.facebook.com/helterskelterproductions
https://www.facebook.com/regainrecords.se