Tonight my maggots I give you Sarmak's (whom who may remember as the lead singer for Lycanthropy's Spell) only solo output, the demo Diycarsh. I'll say this up front, the production on this isn't pretty, but that's just another day at the office with Sarmak's music and all that does is simply add to the dreary atmosphere he is so good at creating. That said, everything else on this release is very well done. The style found here is much like Lycanthropy's Spell; Depressive, lo-fi melodic black metal. Where this release really shines and stands apart from other LS releases is it's length. One track with a running time of 25 minutes is all you'll find here, and a very beautiful piece it is. The entire song is apparently a tribute to Sarmak's homeland of Ichkeria and the extra time really let's him experiment with different influences and instruments, which he does so with much gusto. The first four minutes or so are your average plodding black metal but the song really begins to pick up after that with flute and acoustic guitar passages giving way to melodic black metal break downs. While this is nothing groundbreaking in the genre it is defiantly one worth listening to and remembering. Sarmak's musical outputs are unfortunately overlooked gems of the underground BM scene and this song is a very good example of why that should not be the case.
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