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Swiss guitar trio (no drums)
Darkspace were
master purveyors of "ambient black metal".
I (Avantgarde, 2003) juxtaposed the noise of manic guitars and drum-machines (the blastbeats being inconsequential for the tempo and merely contributing to the mayhem) with ambient ecstasy to paint an alien soundscape.
The three juggernauts of II (Haunter Of The Dark, 2005) alternated between extremes, from a thick droning fog to sudden downpours of guitar
distortions and chaotic blastbeats.
III (Avantgarde, 2008) reached for distant galaxies thanks to a horde of
brutish synthesizers that heralded the birth of "cosmic" black metal.
One of the two guitarists,
Tobias Moeckl, had pursued his one-man project Paysage D'Hiver since
Steineiche (1998), targeting dark ambient music.
Die Festung (1999), devoted to keyboard-based instrumental gothic music, was even reminiscent of Popol Vuh's spiritual ambience.
The massive super-heavy glacial hypnotic drone of the 21-minute
Die Zeit des Torremond, off Schattengang (1999),
constituted a schizophrenic journey amid field recordings and industrial
rhythms, ending in the core of a hurricane.
The three lengthy pieces of Paysage D'Hiver (2000), devastated by blastbeats and hysterical guitars, basically rediscovered black metal.
One of them added violin to the keyboards (Welt Aus Eis, possibly his artistic zenith).
Kerker (2000) and Kristall & Isa (2001) were very lo-fi and
did not sound as carefully designed as their predecessors.
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