Drawn into Descent
“Onrust” (Immortal Frost Productions, 2026)

Drawn into Descent sharpen their sound on Onrust (2026), merging suffocating Black Metal ferocity with cinematic Post Metal atmosphere. A journey through restlessness, despair and fragile beauty...

“Onrust” marks a significant evolution in Drawn into Descent’s atmospheric Black Metal trajectory, their third full-length and first in six years. While their roots in melancholic soundscapes remain, this album distills that sorrow into something markedly more visceral and aggressive.

The album plunges immediately into ominous waters. “Teloorgang” is an expansive opener that balances crushing rhythmic weight with atmospheric breadth. Heavy, almost funeral-paced drumming underpins chordal waves that swell and recede, creating a tension between despair and forward motion. The layered guitars blend doom-tinted chord work with occasional piercing melodic lines, conjuring a vast emotional terrain before the album’s heart reveals itself.

“Drenkeling” lives up to its title, oppressive, claustrophobic and suffocating in its sonic depth. Here the band leans heavier into their Black Metal roots: the blast-pace sections hit with violent precision, while the lead guitar weaves mournful phrases that linger like spectres. Vocals shift rapidly between tortured shrieks and guttural half-spoken passages, not merely screaming for effect, but as a narrative expression of turmoil. The track’s relentless momentum is a testament to the band’s confidence in fusing raw extremity with emotional resonance.

The centerpiece and namesake of the record, “Onrust” is both the longest and most dynamic composition here. It juxtaposes its heavier movements with contemplative ambient passages that feel almost cinematic. Guitars transition from jagged, discordant riffs to harmony-rich clouds of sound, articulating a mood that is at once anxious and reflective. This is where the band’s signature atmosphere penetrates deepest, elevating the music from genre pastiche into a broader emotional dialogue about restlessness, literal and metaphorical.

Closing with “Ogen”, the album ends as it began, with a sense of searching. The track blends ferocity with a melodic poignancy that acts as a thematic echo of the album’s arc: from despair to introspection. The production here shines: individual guitar lines are discernible within swaths of tremolo picking, and the rhythm section holds a purposeful restraint that lets the atmosphere breathe. Vocals, slightly more restrained here than earlier tracks, feel like a lament rather than a cry, giving the final moments a bittersweet quality.

Musically, “Onrust” sits at the crossroads of Black Metal’s bleakness and Post Metal’s expansive melancholia. Drawn into Descent retains their atmospheric identity, a core of emotional desolation, but here they temper it with more aggressive riffing and dynamic range than on past releases. These choices yield a record that is not just for atmospheric Black Metal purists, but for listeners who appreciate textural depth, melodic shading and compositional ambition.

Lyrically and emotionally, the album explores themes of internal dissolution and existential unease. Even without published lyrics, the interplay between the track titles and the music suggests a narrative arc that moves from disintegration (“Teloorgang”, “Drenkeling”) toward reflection and gaze (“Ogen”). The title “Onrust”, roughly restlessness, encapsulates this tone: a search for peace that never quite arrives.

“Onrust” is a hauntingly powerful artistic statement. It demonstrates Drawn into Descent’s maturity as musicians, comfortable bridging ferocity with fragile beauty, aggression with sorrow, and delivers a textured, compelling listening experience. For fans of atmospheric Black Metal and its intersection with doom and post metal, this is not merely an album, but a journey into the complex interplay of despair and catharsis

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