Austere - Withering Illusions And Desolation DIGI-CD

CD in 6 panel digipack, remastered edition with new artwork.

Originally released in 2007, AUSTERE's Withering Illusions and Desolation debut appeared seemingly out of nowhere and soon came to be considered a modern classic of suicidal, heartwrenching black metal. The duo's roots run deep in the enigmatic Australian black metal underground, but here on Withering Illusions and Desolation, AUSTERE crafted hysterical yet hauntingly melodic epics of absolute anguish and utter despair, taking the foundation laid down by Burzum to new heights/depths. Now, att long last, a proper and final re-issue of this first AUSTERE album arrives with new band-selected artwork, new mastering, and packaged in a six-panel digipack: their distant and desolate black metal has never been presented better.

Tracklist:
1. Unending Nigh
2. ...Memories
3. The Dawn Remains Silent
4. Withering Illusions And Desolation
5. Coma

“If you want blast beats, whirlwind riffs and infinite variety seek ye elsewhere. If you feel like slicing off your ears and crying yourself to sleep in a bath of ice shards, delve into 'Withering Illusions and Desolation'. AUSTEREALIAN MISERY.” - THE METAL ARCHIVES

"...auch wenn „Withering Illusions and Desolation“ Ecken und Kanten hat und nicht immer funktioniert, ist es ein beeindruckendes Debüt, das auch das Potential der Australier aufgezeigt hat. Ich weiß jetzt schon, dass AUSTERE diesen Herbst noch häufig in meinem CD-Player rotieren werden!“ - METALNEWS.de

"If you seek everlasting despair and a black metal induced coma of hopelessness then Austere will coldly embrace you within its ghastly tentacles and into the darkness you will be submerged." - NOCTURNAL CULT

"Withering Illusions and Desolation_ proves a great companion to the seemingly endless days of autumnal greyness." - CHRONICLES OF CHAOS