OV HOLLOWNESS
Drawn to Descend

Apart from the rather silly band name there isn’t much wrong with ‘Drawn To Descend' by Ov Hollowness from Canada. This one-man band plays relatively simple atmospheric black metal. Noisy guitars produce riffs quite strongly reminiscent of old Katatonia and placed on top of these are melodic lead guitars that very strongly remind me of Windir. Moody? Quite. One can blame the band a lack of ideas but the songs do exactly what they should do: create a pleasant nostalgic atmosphere. The album is pleasant listen even though it is a bit too long. Decent album without adding much to the black metal canon.
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