Album Review: Ashenheart – Tales From Eternal Dusk

Band: Ashenheart
Title: Tales From Eternal Dusk
Label: Fiadh Productions
Release date: April 18th, 2025
Country: USA/UK
Format reviewed: High quality digital recording

#AlbumReview: Ashenheart – Tales From Eternal Dusk via Fiadh Productions by Michelle

It is not uncommon to hear nowadays that most new releases are bad, but for me Ashenheart‘s ‘Tales From Eternal Dusk’ is something truly unique, a beautiful blend between raw and melodic aspects. Even for just a length of 4 tracks, this is something I personally really liked. But what is it that makes this album stand out?

To start off, the first track: ‘Empire of the Necromancers’ reminded me a bit of early Dimmu Borgir/Cradle of Filth with the backing synthesizer, though the vocals and instrumental have their own uniqueness to them. Since I forgot to mention earlier, Ashenheart aren’t entirely black metal, as they also fuse some death metal elements into their music. The melody in combination with the harsh guitar riffs are really enjoyable to listen to, and the guitar solo from near the song’s end is absolutely amazing with its fastness and the vocals fused.

I found the first minute of the next track ‘Apparitions of The Abyss’ oddly similar to Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult‘s ‘The Descent to the Last Circle’, one of my most favorited songs by the German-Polish black metal act. This aspect alone made me certain that I’d absolutely love this track, and I was right. It’s probably the drumming that makes me link these songs together. Either way, the raw vocals blend in perfectly with everything else, adding to the dark atmosphere Ashenheart is creating with their work. The guitar picking from around 2:39 really stand out, which made me think that maybe this band really does take inspiration from Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult, but who knows? This is just an assumption.

‘Quest For The Secret Fire’ is distinctive to the previous tracks quite a bit, mainly because of its more atmospheric approach, not to mention the acoustic guitar at the beginning of the song. I can easily say that I enjoyed this one quite a lot, especially the double bass of the drums and the rawness of the vocals.

As for the ending track I can say that I absolutely loved how they integrated the synthesizer with the instrumental, an exmaple would be minute 2 in which this feature is more accentuated. Everything is balanced perfectly, especially the solo which ends in some heavy riffs just a little before the album ends.

This was really enjoyable to listen to. I find Ashenheart to be pretty unique, especially when it comes to their logo. Most bands have harsh designs to them, while this band features smooth lines and a distinctive shape to it. The album cover is quite nice to look at, as I’m really into the whole black and white vibe. I might even dig into the other works of Ashenheart, because this was for sure something I did not expect. 10/10

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