Transparent to the World is as potent a debut as I’ve ever heard in this genre. Blyh perform with the intense sincerity and emotion essential to making convincing black metal, churning out tortured and tortuous explorations of a profound supernatural grief.

We chatted with Adrien L, guitarist for the Parisian metallic hardcore/sludge quintet Cowards, to discern just how he’s able to get his sound so dark!