Scáth Na Deithe "Pledge Nothing But Flesh" Review

Scáth Na Deithe is the Black Metal project of Cathal Hughes(Aeternum Vale, Dúnmharú & Nautilus) & Stephen Todd(Astralnaut), The band formed in 2015 and thus far have released one EP The Horrors Of Old & this their first full length offering entitled Pledge Nothing But Flesh.

 Haunting, Dark,Bleak, Atmospheric are a few things that come to mind while listening to this album, the rawness extremely abundant throughout the album reminds one of such luminaries like early Darkthrone & Burzum, there's plenty of emotion & feeling prevelent within the music on offer, the blend of melody within the rawness adds an extremely emotive feeling to proceedings taking the obvious talent of the band to a far greater level from their previous release. The vocals add to the overall rawness and at times are unpleasantly dark which gives a somewhat atmospheric & torturous element to the album; With the exception of two songs each track is hitting the 10+ minute mark making the release as a whole extremely epic giving the listener an album worth numerous repeat listens.

Scáth Na Deithe have well and truly raised the bar significantly from their previous release, if you like epic,dark,torturous,raw Black Metal this is definitely an album that demands your undivided attention, This is an album that may well take numerous listens before it really sinks in and only then will you realise how brilliant it is.

CHECK OUT THE TRACK "BLOODLESS" IN THE LINK BELOW
https://youtu.be/NZw_KB397-E

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FULL ALBUM AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE,STREAMING & DOWNLOADING IN THE LINK BELOW
https://scathnadeithe.bandcamp.com/