Sanguine Glacialis – Blackening the Depths

From the chilling woods of Montreal, Quebec comes the five-person experience known as Sanguine Glacialis. Helmed by modern day scream queen, growler and operatic virtuoso Maude Théberge they’ve experimented on two albums, Dancing With A Hanged Man and their Pitch Black Sight EP, along with recent release 2018’s Hadopelagic. They’ve brought all manner of influence, slamming together uncomfortable bed fellows like jazz, classical, and swing music into the unsuspecting mosh pit, bringing new meaning to slam dancing. Sanguine Glacialis (Sangween-e Glassialis) translates to Frozen Blood in Latin, with similar meanings in French and English. While Théberge provides the regal pipes and keys bassist Marc Gervais, guitarists Jonathan Fontaine and Rémi LeGresley and drummer David Gagné-Pavy provide the ear triggering surround sound. Each song represents a customized slew of influences and ideas, mixed and poured from an inspirational molten Mulligan stew of what’s next. Hadopelagic blasts loud like a beast, literary. Whether it’s the guitars, drums or Théberge’s guttural roar bashing against the ear like deadly vast waves, smashed with lethal devastating power and force by the talon s of the sea beast. The album delivers a mighty seas tale among other lyrical tragedies as Théberge likes to go a bit haunted and dark with the pen, in two languages. Lyrically most songs are in English with some French lines, then a few all in Fr…

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