We are certainly delighted to share here today something that will probably make many of you feel pretty old (in a good way), with the first EP from the Los Angeles-based band Crevasse. Its only member, Noah Hawkins, ensures with this latest work under this artistic name (being active for 2 years now with three singles released prior to this EP) that we are kinda kicked back to the early 90s in this nearly 20-minute solid musical effort.

Orphans gets started with a brief acoustic intro, “Forlorn I“, before jumping straight to the action in the title song with drums opening to the distortion of the first notes and soon the burst with shrieking and riffs showcasing the classic obscure sound of the first waves of black metal with fitting slower melodic bridges and a twist. Keeping a constant gloomy ambience and atmosphere, complete with more paced down and less frantic parts as in the next song, “The Dangermond“, there can also be a hint to DSBM as more doom-influenced black metal.

This encapsulates the core of Crevasse‘s sound, but do not miss the two covers in here: the next song is a door to the early 90s with a black-metallization of “Enjoy the Silence“, by Depeche Mode.

If you, like us, did enjoy what Feminizer did with Cyndi Lauper’s “Girls Just Want to Have Fun“, this translation from synth-rock and pop to the piercing chords of black metal will be very much worth your time, as well as a rendition of the pioneers Darkthrone with a ‘Transilvanian Hunger‘ cover, completely nailing the hypnotic riff job and atmosphere of the original piece.

We hope to hear more soon from Noah and CREVASSE with this recent and promising work!

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