There’s something mentally purifying about New York City trio Castevet’s muscular, aggressive blend of progressive black metal, genre-stretching/time-shifting hardcore, ink-dark ambiance, and raw, soul-sick emotion. It’s like vintage Unsane bleeding into Leviathan. (Someone should line Castevet up for the next Rorschach reunion, invite Deadguy along, too.) Last month I posted “Red Aura” from the excellent new album, Mounds Of Ash. As a followup, here’s similarly hued opener “Red Star Sans Chastity.”
Mounds Of Ash is out via Profound Lore. It’s one of 2010′s best. You can hear more of it at MySpace. In related news: On 8/1 Haunting The Chapel‘s presenting a show at the Studio @ Webster Hall in collaboration with Fred/BBG from BrooklynVegan. Headliners Irish black metal crew Altar Of Plagues are playing their first NYC to date. They’re joined by Castevet as well as Chicago-area black metal naturalists Velnias and Erik Wunder of Cobalt’s Dax Riggs-inspired project Man’s Gin. You can purchase tickets at Webster Hall. Justin Bartlett‘s flyer:
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just got back from driving across the country and catching up on the metal. really digging the Castevet so i will see you tonight!