Fuil Na Seanchoille - The Crossing LP

Formed in 2008, FUIL NA SEANCHOILLE is a black metal entity hailing from Ireland, helmed by mainman Satyrign, whose experience in the international hardcore-punk underground is incredibly prolific. Expanding on the demos' firm & filthy foundation, here Satyrign explored a unique 'complex simplicity,' entrancing the listener with a strangely alluring sort of grime. Alas, those dualities have reached an apotheosis with FUIL NA SEANCHOILLE's long-awaited second album, The Crossing. Horror and beauty, the beast vs. transcendent man, strident minimalism colliding with labyrinthine layering: The Crossing is indeed an ambitious work, comprised of a single 29-minute composition formed over an eight year period, crafted to induce maximum out-of-body/out-of-mind exploration. Black metal is undoubtedly the framework for FUIL NA SEANCHOILLE still, yet the manner in which Satyrign here wields it is incredibly idiosyncratic, to say the least.