The latest release on Season of Mist from genre-redefining black metal act Gaahls WYRD, The Humming Mountain, may be technically classified as an EP, but it’s such a powerful statement I am going to ignore its brevity and re-classify it as an album for my own review purposes based purely on its quality. It also suits the conceptual nature of the record effectively and concisely without any filler tracks, as well as being an echo to the past, where pioneering acts like Tom G. Warrior’s Hellhammer would release shorter albums on a more regular basis. This is no demo tape-trade, though: it’s a well-planned, beautifully executed artifact. I honestly did not think the band could outdo themselves – their last record, GastiR – Ghosts Invited, was a total paradigm shift for black metal as well as ...