Abiotic - Ikigai video game soundtracks and Lords of Chaos explores

and Lords of Chaos explores it with interviews and scholarship to provide a look at Black Metal in general and an unflinching look at Barzum specifically

savage noise/drone

You can win only if you plan shrewdly and always keep some gold in your pocket

Jenny Lee Lindberg (of Warpaint)

Although the final song on the album

Abiotic - Ikigai video game soundtracks and Lords of Chaos exploresHaving written Ikigai over the course of the last couple of years and finishing this record during a pandemic, the band brings out pain, grief, desperation, and perseverance in every note, every chord, and every word. With lyrics touching on topics of suicide, depression, addiction, climate change and the struggle of finding a reason for being, Abiotic makes this record real and relatable in every sense. This album is without a doubt the best material