December Moon – Source Of Origin (1996)

April 1, 2022

This is fucking great. I heard about this as it was mentioned in passing by Stuart Anstis; during a very long interview he mentioned that Robin (the original COF bass player) had a project called December Moon. I don’t think Stu had anything to do with this, but he led me down this path at the least.

Honestly, this is awesome. It’s showing its age, in some regards, but that’s OK. The production is great, the songs are fantastic, in both metal terms and in the more twinkly, dare I say dungeon synth terms. This is black metal but with that miserable, doomy edge that similarly defined Cradle’s Principle Of Evil Made Flesh. This December Moon record may be more or less lost to time, but it is well worth unearthing it.