EP Review: Soul Dissolution – Winter Contemplations (Viridian Flame Records)

Formed in Belgium back in 2012, Soul Dissolution plays atmospheric post-black metal in the vein of bands like Agalloch, Drudkh, Harakiri for the Sky, and Woods of Desolation. After a slow beginning, they released their much acclaimed 2nd album, “Stardust”, via Black Lion Records in 2018, followed by a more introspective EP called “nowhere” that same year. Since then, the band has been rather quiet, diligently working on new material behind the scenes, while also playing a select number of concerts.

Finally, two years after their previous release, Soul Dissolution returns with a brand new EP. Titled “Winter Contemplations”. It will be released on the 12th of November 2020, on CD and digital, through Viridian Flame Records.

We’re big fans of Soul Dissolution here, having loved both the previous album Stardust and the following EP, nowhere. So it is super-exciting to have something fresh from them especially in the washout year that has been 2020. It might only be two tracks long, but Winter Contemplations delivers so much. Each track a contemplative length of veiled complexity. As this wonderful post-black band consistently does.

Gloomy and meditative, beautifully chilling, haunting and deeply moving, the two tracks on offer here reflect fragility in the most thought-provoking of ways. In a short amount of time, the depth of a wintery cold wind is felt in the soul and the sorrow is all-consuming. The powerful melodies working in tandem with the influence of the black metal side of things is every bit as elegant and lavish as you could hope it to be.

Soul Dissolution – Winter Contemplations Full Track Listing:

1. La Dernière Tempête
2. Where The Clouds Stand Still

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