Who feels it, knows it - and immediately after pressing play on Ash Magick’s Rituals Of Anathematic East, you feel it in all synapses and sinews that this is true black metal. With a raw sound that harkens back to its genesis, one might think this album was discovered on an unmarked cassette unearthed in the Neseblod Records basement. But Ash Magick hail from Istanbul, Turkey. The duo of Heilin and Necrosantus weave Eastern mysticism into their haunting soundscapes, delivering a classic black metal experience with a wholly fresh perspective.
“I don’t really know how to explain it rationally,” says Heilin, when speaking of black metal’s allure. “It touched something inside me the moment I heard it, and I’ve never been able to step away from it since.”
