Greetings, you grim wanderers of the Black Metal Archives—Sean here, still shaking off the chill of Inthuul’s Harbinger of Sorrow. I cranked this beast earlier tonight, and it sank its claws into me like a Belarusian blizzard tearing through flesh. Stumbled across these fiends while doom-scrolling some obscure forum, and their eight-track descent, released July 25, 2024, hit me square in the chest—let’s peel back the shroud and dive in!
Inthuul rose from Belarus in 2020, a six-man legion—Thoryvoss (vocals), Desol (lead guitars), Scythedancer (rhythm guitars), Algor (bass), Void Serenity (synth), and Terr (drums)—hellbent on weaving black metal tapestries of sorrow and wrath. Harbinger of Sorrow is their debut full-length, a raw sermon from the eastern shadows.
Let’s look at some of the track highlights!
“Black Liturgy” storms in with a gale of icy riffs, Desol and Scythedancer slashing through the mix like twin scythes reaping souls. Thoryvoss’s vocals rasp and roar, a preacher of ruin, while Void Serenity’s synths swirl like a funeral mist—haunting, oppressive, divine. “To the God of Death” drags me deeper, its slow, mournful crawl punctuated by Algor’s bass, a pulsing vein of despair beneath Terr’s relentless drum barrage—I’m hooked, swaying to its dirge-like pulse.
“Breeder of Flame” shifts the tide, a fiery jolt with guitars that snarl and spit, Thoryvoss howling like a pyre-lit prophet. It’s a standout that lights a spark in my gut, raw energy bleeding through every note. Then “Satanael (feat. Mort Froide)” seals the pact—guest vocals intertwine with Thoryvoss’s snarls, a duet of damnation over a synth-drenched abyss. I’m lost in it, head banging ‘til my neck aches.
Inthuul’s sound is a cathedral of frost and flame—Desol and Scythedancer’s guitars weave melodic havoc, Algor’s bass anchors the gloom, and Terr’s drums pound like war drums of the damned. Void Serenity’s synths elevate it to a spectral plane, while Thoryvoss’s voice is the jagged edge that cuts deepest. This sits snug in black metal’s pantheon—echoes of early Gorgoroth’s ferocity, Watain’s ritualistic bite, with a melodic sorrow akin to Dissection’s colder moments. Harbinger of Sorrow is a relentless beast—crank it, let it consume you, and join me in this shadowed rite.
You dark souls out there, hit the comments with how this album stirred your blood—I’m craving your tales! Check the full sermon on Bandcamp and lose yourself in its depths.
RATING: 4 OUT OF 5
