GHOST BATH - Starmourner 2xLP (Blue With White Cloud Vinyl)

Label: Nuclear Blast

Ghost Bath play an interesting brand of depressing black metal, chock full of rough, howling vocalizations accompanied by razor sharp instrumental passages that send the listener on a trip through the throes of a depressive mind. The latest album, ‘Starmourner’ finds Ghost Bath stretching their wings, much like the angelic theme that threads the album, and exploring old and new territory alike.

The album contains twelve tracks, and when listened as an album, it most definitely succeeds in it’s goal of showcasing the dichotomous relationship between grief and beauty, balancing harrowing vocalizations with gorgeous instrumental arrangements throughout.

Both light and dark are utilized to great strength here, presenting with both darkly morose tones and almost angelic passages, often within the same song. The entire spectrum of our emotional existence is presented in a way that balances the positive and negative with skilled aplomb.