Bandcamp of the Day: Voluptas

When experimental varieties of black metal are discussed, most dedicated metal fans can probably check off the usual suspects in a single breath. Ulver for ambience and atmosphere, Oranssi Pazuzu for psychedelic stuff, Blut Aus Nord for progressive rock, and Enslaved for… everything else. Many black metal bands looking to break with convention, ironically, get corralled into certain camps through comparisons to one or more of the above. What you don’t hear a whole lot of is black metal combined with jazz guitar. This is something that is attributable to Norway’s Ved Buens Ende and pitifully few others. However, the Czech Republic’s Voluptas appears to be willing to walk in Ved Buens Ende’s mighty angular footsteps on their second EP Towards the Great White Not...