Old Tower - Portrait Of A Medieval Presence [REVIEW]



Old Tower has been featured a number of times previously.

This Dutch dungeon synth/dark ambient artist never disappoints.

Described as "a conceptual release" rather than an album, Portrait Of A Medieval Presence does lean more towards the ambient side of things.

Eight tracks/thirty minutes of eerie soundscape, which comes with the following synopsis:

heretics unjustly burned at the stake, the masses laughing at their despair, a new inquisition is on the rise... the cancer of civilization is circular, not linear. patterns repeat, the same portrait is painted every time. the canvas is dark, rotten, full of mold and stench. the painting a semblance of pain, knowledge and hate. we are the new dark age.

You can preview it below, and purchase it here.

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