Xasthur ‎– Telepathic With The Deceased (2004)

June 24, 2021

Xasthur is a very depressing black metal project, this I have established firmly over several album listens in the last few years. Telepathic With The Deceased however, seems extra damp and fucking miserable and despite its fairly awful artwork, the music itself is a torrid affair of metal that sounds like it is completely and utterly done with the world.

Its worth noting that in the Vice documentary on this kind of music, Xasthur becomes particularly upset when talking about this record. A small part of me wonders what it is that links him so to such a harrowing piece of work.