Format: Jewelcase CD
File Under: Black Metal
Note: Following on from their Ancient Sorrow EP, England Fen present their debut full-length album "The Malediction Fields". The culmination of over a year's work, the album builds and expands considerably on the atmospheric sounds that the band have become renowned for. Fusing elements of post-rock, ambient soundscapes and gentle acoustic passages alongside raging black metal fury, "The Malediction Fields" is an expression of loss, isolation and hopelessness, a timeless despair that has resonated throughout the history of human experience. With this album, Fen take the listener on a journey through the depths of their own psyches as well as traversing the desolate landscapes of the fens themselves. From the righteous, regret-laden anger of opener "Exile's Journey" to the closing strains of the lamenting "Bereft", Fen once again supply the soundtrack to bleak solitude.