Inherits the Void – The Silent Abscission
Release Date: 19th June 2026
Label: Avantgarde Music
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Genre: Atmospheric/Melodic Black Metal.
FFO: Vinterland, Misþyrming, Celestial Annihilator, Blackbraid.
Review By: Celeste
This fourth album, The Silent Abscission, by Inherits the Void stays true to their name and proceeds to provide this ensemble of fury and other worldly themes that makes it feel cinematic in a way as if someone is silently separating from the mortal coil into the beyond. The album art itself reflects this, even if you are not familiar with the idea of abscission. With the first track, The Sepulcher of Time, it gives that feel of modern, especially third wave black metal, sounds while pushing the elements of the Celestial beyond, even incorporating ideas of time itself. In both Silent Abscission and Inherits the Void, while brief, I think they could have incorporated the clean vocals of Nicolas Sandoval in more, as it felt very transcendent, but of course it did it’s work on that track to catch you off guard and feel that intensity of time and space surpassing in themes.
The saxophone, while unique in the track Wrath of the Endless Sea and Inherits the Void, plays a special part in both tracks to add onto the melodic elements this album has without sounding “jazzy”, but just adding on and even closing out this album nicely. Speaking of “jazzy”, there were times that it also felt very spacey with the keyboard involvement in tracks such as A World Unmade. Closing out this album with the self-titled track, Inherits the Void, felt conclusionary with the chorus feeling like this epic end that the separation of body and spirit has been achieved and one becomes part of the void
I was a little torn between both Inherits The Void and The Last Cry of Cosmos, but I chose the latter because of how it sounds angelic while fierce at the same time, as if this is the final transition in the beyond and there is a final outcry from the cosmos to the self, which could honestly be up for interpretation. Regarding the album itself, the meat and the potatoes if you will, it has this other worldly feel to it, like it reaches into that atmospheric feel that a lot of Black Metal bands then and now incorporate. Production wise, the album feels clean, but in a good way, and will appeal to people who are familiar with the Atmospheric subgenre of Black metal; they very much fall into feeling an atmosphere, even if it feels transcendent past our own. The album flows with similar instrumentals and vocals that fit with the theme of this album, especially as a band, that at this point, usually has found their voice and continued on by the fourth album, even earlier for some.
With that being said, it may not be everyone’s cup of tea because of how clean it sounds, but it is still worth checking out. Throughout the album, the thing that stuck with me the most is how powerful and furious the drums are, which very much remind of how well it pairs to the vocals to bands such as Misþyrming and even Blackbraid at times. All in all, if you are in search of more modern bands to listen to, especially in such a unique scene such as the French Black Metal, and one that touches on concepts far beyond our Earth, this would be one to recommend.
(4 / 5)
