Nick is joined by contributor Fiello for a deep dive into Dictius Te Necare, a landmark album from Bethlehem that blurs the lines between multiple genres and reshaped the trajectory of black metal in the 2000s. The discussion explores the album’s strange melodic foundations, the band’s slow and deliberate development of ideas, and their use of clean passages not as interludes but as essential components of the songs themselves. They also examine the record’s unsettling atmosphere, immersive worldbuilding, and lasting influence on extreme music.
R.I.P. Jürgen Bartsch (1976–2025)
