Thy Numinous Darkness is the second full-length of finnish black metal band Aegrus. The album is timeless in its scandinavish black metal. The production is top class (note - its not clean) and supports the songs seamlessly. Everything seems to be built upon professional talent.
On the upside of the album, some of its riffs are world class great, for example the riffs on songs Embodiment of Chaos and Thy Numinous Darkness are really good. Especially the main riff on Embodiment of Chaos is classified as a master class-riff. And it is not just the good riffs. Everything is built very carefully to pieces. You can tell that there is a lot effort paid onto every detail. It makes you listen to the album.
On the other side though, there is always a danger in building something carefully and giving thought to every detail (which is by the way the biggest sin in modern swedish black metal). And from this we can derive this point: this album lacks the overall feeling of danger drawn from chaos which is why for example Watain is a bit boring to listen to. And it is not by accident I bring this comparison. Aegrus has the same up- and downsides as Watain. It is a bit safe, but nevertheless it works.
Composing, musicianship, lyrics and production are all very professional level work. In the end this is a really good album and it is something that you can listen from the beginning to the end. Recommended to fans of melodic scandinavian black metal in the vein of late 90s.
85/100
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