Medico Peste - The Black Bile (2020) Hi-Res

Black Metal is a difficult genre, for many people it lacks seriousness, it's more theatricality than anything else. And I understand why, when you dig deep into the genre you'll end up finding bands so flamboyant in their means of being evil and satanic that you'll get nothing but laughs and not much more. But there are some bands out there that hit the right mark, and surely Medico Peste is one of them.

The Black Bile is a mammoth of an album, the music is dark and eerie, but fortunately it's incredibly well produced (unlike many bands that try their best to sound like mud), and so you can hear each instrument clearly, the bass lines are bombastic, the drumming sounds clean and the guitar riffs hit like a hammer. All in all, your ears will be pleased with the production, and then some more with the music.

The music in this album is all about atmosphere, weirdly enough you'll find catchy melodies (Numinous Catastrophy is the best example), but the album as a whole feels extremely insane, the lyrics are at times even scary, and the whole thing just feels like walking into an abandoned asylum, with ghosts screaming at every dark corner. I could even say this record is more an experience than just a good listen, and it demands you to be up for it, it's not a casual spin in the background, it's all about giving it a proper listen and enjoy all the sounds and the images that your mind will produce.

Buy this one, this is for sure one of the best albums from 2020, you won't regret it, it does not matter if you're into black metal or not, the music is so good that it will fit perfectly in the right time.