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Imagine taking that atmosphere, then stretching it across half an hour of audio.

If you thought psychedelic bands selling gummy skulls and fetuses was par for the course, youd be right.

Alternately, Chelsea Wolfe is the latest unintended icing on a layer cake of mindful sonic apprehension and end of days foreshadowing.

In all fairness, the comparisons are safe, convenient ones in order to place this woman within reachable grasp.

The vocals, while incoherent, are easily heard amidst the There, There moments in tracks like Demons, Mer, and Friedrichshain; musically, Apokalypsis holds its title well in hand, keeping a steady pace of gloom and doom.

Chelsea Wolfe is a new face to me, but she brings to the table an impeccable sense of chilling reverberations, the feeling that something frightening this way comes (as if her album art wasnt a parallel to this).

As a purely noise-laden entity, Wolfe is pleasant to the eardrums, and that makes for a modicum of interest.

Apokalypsis is an appropriate album name if there ever was one.

Chelsea Wolfe seeks to do everything in her power to remain foreboding, and its actually quite entrancing.

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