One of the most beatiful metal records I have heard.
A complete emotional ride from conflict, loss, sadness, relunctancy, a warm melancholy; and the assurance that no matter how things end, we will always have the memories with us. Rolando Llanes Osuna
It took me far longer than I care to admit to "get" Mare Cognitum. But here we are, all the way at the beginning, where it all started; and what a masterpiece it is. "Ambient" black metal is seriously underselling this album. It is raw, it is brutal, it will not hesitate to eat you alive; and yet it is musical, it is emotional, and it will shelter you with its wings. I often turn to metal when in times of rage, but Mare Cognitum has shown that rage can still be contained and reasoned with. Faith
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