released March 29, 2024
Scaling astronomical heights with their previous full length, sci-fi themed black metal band Vorga return with another illuminating album. The German band, wiser from their experiences, have adopted a more direct approach with a sound that is comparatively more stripped down but its emotive appeal and stirring quality has only been enhanced. In addition to being far more nuanced, the songs are beautifully structured too, each narrating its own otherworldly tale. Finding better expression, the music is more relatable and heartfelt than ever before, with the numerous glistening melodies lingering on for much longer than expected. The music almost has a gentle, haunting quality to it. The band understands that when the music is so emotionally rich and evocative, the expression need not be forceful anymore. There's pure understated elegance on display here which is unparalleled; it's sheer class. Vorga have fully mastered their art on this release and multiple listens will only attest to the fact that they've come up with yet another gem of an album.
For fans of: Imperialist, Dissection, Vektor, Emperor, Satyricon, Mare Cognitum
releases March 29, 2024
Album line up -
Atlas - Rhythm Guitar
Спейса - Lead Guitar, Bass + Vocals
Hymir - Drums
Artwork by Adam Burke
PRESS -
- "Frosty, melodic, mystical, atmospheric, aggressive, rough and dark." -
Hellfire-Magazin.de 10/10
www.hellfire-magazin.de/vorga-beyond-the-palest-star/
- "This is surely making my top 5 2024 albums at the end of the year" - Blessed Altar (Netherlands) 10/10
blessedaltarzine.com/2024/02/29/vorga-beyond-the-palest-star
- "a quality nothing short of visionary" - Dargedik Webzine (Mexico) 9.4/10
www.dargedik.com/2023/12/vorga-beyond-palest-star-resena-2024.html
- "skillfully juggling powerful, beautiful melodies, screaming dissonances and fat riffs" - Metal-Only 9/10
www.metal-only.de/info-center/reviews/show/136203-vorga-beyond-the-palest-star.html
- "full of intensity and adorned with many melodic sparkles." Metallarium (South America) 9/10
www.metallerium.com/vorga-beyond-the-palest-star-2024
- "A true highlight in black metal in this year" - Metal Temple (Greece) 9/10
metal-temple.com/review/vorga-beyond-the-palest-star
- "A highly recommended disc!" - Metal Hammer (Germany) 5/7
www.metal-hammer.de/reviews/alben/
- "gloriously glittering and exultantly soaring into the stratosphere and beyond" - No Clean Singing (US)
www.nocleansinging.com/2023/11/29/seen-and-heard-vorga-mourning-dawn-chapel-of-disease-exitium-sui/
- "will come after for the very throne of 2024 in black metal" - Head-Banger Reviews (US)
headbangerreviews.wordpress.com/2024/01/29/vorga-beyond-the-palest-star
- "Great sci-fi black" - Toilet ov Hell (US)
toiletovhell.com/tmp-vorga-dissimulator-persefone-and-more/
- "genuinely good" - Metal Crypt (Canada) 4.25/5
www.metalcrypt.com/pages/review.php?revid=15158
- "continues to maintain a sublime setting" - Black Metal Spirit (Spain)
www.blackmetalspirit.net/2024/01/vorga.html