Album Review: Nox Formulae – Drakon-Darshan-Satan (Dark Descent Records)

The Red Black Clan of Nox Formulae returns with their second sonic grimoire of Higher Black Magic. Delving deeper into the Draconian Universe and the Shadow Current emanating from the hidden and relatively unexplored realms of the Qlipha of the Concealers, Satariel, Archon of which is the second face of Lucifer, the Mighty King Lucifuge Rofocale.

Drakon – Darshan – Satan is based – music and lyric wise – on the grimoire At the Outskirts of the Shadow Current: The Dark Initiation in this lifetime by Daemon Gharrassielh and all those Dark Traditions offered by the Red Dragon to humanity.

The band comments on the album:

Drakon – Darshan – Satan is an actual sonic grimoire of Higher and Lower Black Magic. It is based on actual experiences on the physical and the magical planes. One can deal extensively with the themes appeared in this record through the upcoming grimoire At the Outskirts of Shadow Current: The Dark Initiation in this Lifetime, by Daemon Gharrassielh. Crush all enemies and welcome Noctifer, the king of the Shadow Allies!

Drakon – Darshan – Satan is a musical outcome of actual experiences that took place both on the physical and spiritual planes during the time years 2015-2019. The album will be released on March 27th 2020 via Dark Descent Records.

Regardless of if the band’s own description of this album is something you’re capable of taking seriously, one thing everyone will be able to agree on is just how evil it sounds. Not devilish but rather old, magical and forgotten old. As though something that has slumbered for aeons is slowly waking up and with it comes the shadows of Psychopath of NOX.

Pouring their efforts into ritualistic black metal, Nox Formulae deliver horrifying yet thrilling music with Ravens of Terror and Eclipse of Gharraseielh. The clean vocal moments are like statements from a black magic sermon controlled by the howling demonic sound that embodies most of Nox Formulae’s style.

If you’re not feeling overly battered already then take a deep breath because the ringing black fury of The Black Stone of Satan hits very hard. Nox Formulae at their most unforgiving. It’s heavy, so very heavy but lacks the hook that exists thoroughout most of the album.

A hook that comes swinging out with The Blood Oath of Thagirion and buries its sharpness in the skull. The virility of Nox Formulae bursts anew and this keeps the fascination alive as The Arrival of Noctifier’s encouraging dark goth dance beat kicks in. Yes, you read that right. This is an absolute oddity and really doesn’t fit but it’s all kinds of intriguing.

Returning to their more familiar sound, Nox Formulae round our their grimoire with two final titans of blackened metal in Berserks of OD and Eve of Annihilation. It’s dark, it’s old evil and it fills the mind with hellish thoughts but it’s damn enjoyable.

Nox Formulae – Drakon – Darshan – Satan Full Track Listing:

1. Psychopath of NOX
2. Ravens of Terror
3. Eclipse of Gharraseielh
4. The Black Stone of Satan
5. The Blood Oath of Thagirion
6. The Arrival of Noctifier
7. Berserks of OD
8. Eve of Annihilation

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