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Montreal’s Karnon absolutely channel that frigid Canadian weather in their very first EP, Le Temps Sombre, or “The Dark Times.” from the band’s native French, which is the language of the entire release. Each of the EP’s four tracks covers a ton of musical ground, from midtempo black metal, to churning death, to eerie atmospheric sections. Combined with an appropriately cold production and the end result is a progressive extreme band that’s got a very developed sense of their artistic vision and will only get spookier and heavier from here by the sound of things.

Stream and buy Le Temps Sombre on Bandcamp below!

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Nick DeSimone