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Perhaps not since the early days of the British band Sabbat, has an album left such an indelible mark on the conscious of the fan of the genre such as the 2012 release of A Shadowplay for Yesterdays by the quite sublime A Forest Of Stars.

The unnerving heartbeat, slow, methodical and direct, is at times more frightening than the racing pulse of a heart out of control. It doesn’t just signify a calmness of spirit, it can also be a measure of manipulation, of a domination of mind over emotion and in that the quietness of breathing in the dark can induce a clammy sensation on the skin to rise and the hackles ready to sharpen at what might come next.