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Be warned: this album is neither meant as a return to black metal of mastermind Scott Conner, even though he does this time, nor a guarantee that it will happen again next time – although, he might.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConner has used black metal, dark ambient, acid folk, doomgrass, and other genres to express what he has seen and felt, as well as a way to find his own sound or style at a point in time – for example when he was without a steady home and often living in hotels or cars.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis insights into the underbelly of the American dream are reflected in the lyrics of \"Inevitably Dark\", which are there even though there is no singing on the album. Conner recorded all the tracks of \"Inevitably Dark\" live and by himself, which might make it sound coarse to modern ears, but it is just the grit and stain of unfiltered reality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eXASTHUR were originally conceived by vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Scott Conner in California, USA in the year 1995. The project started out in the vein of bleak black metal in the tradition of the Nordic second wave.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver the course of nine albums and a host of split-singles, EPs, and occasional demos, XASTHUR's individual, particularly depressive style became highly regarded within the extreme genre. In 2010, Scott announced the end of XASTHUR and returned with an acoustic dark folk project under the banner of NOCTURNAL POISONING.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2015, the American artist returned to the name XASTHUR, but insisted that his black metal days were over. With \"Inevitably Dark\", XASTHUR have partly lifted the self-imposed ban on black metal, simply because Conner felt like it and therefore did it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis double-album is not written to serve any genre purpose, but foremost a piece of musical darkness and self-reflection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTracklist:\u003cbr\u003eCD1:\u003cbr\u003e01. Affect\/Infect\u003cbr\u003e02. A Future to Fear II\u003cbr\u003e03. Psychiatric Carelessness\u003cbr\u003e04. Euphoric Bad Trip\u003cbr\u003e05. Live like a broken mirror\u003cbr\u003e06. Trauma Fiends\u003cbr\u003e07. Abandoned Intuition\u003cbr\u003e08. Concrete mattress\u003cbr\u003e09. I'm not guilty of your past\u003cbr\u003e10. Another Gutter\u003cbr\u003e11. Inevitably dark\u003cbr\u003e12. Spectrum of hate\u003cbr\u003e13. Benefits of dying Part 2\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCD2:\u003cbr\u003e01. Mirroring Failure\u003cbr\u003e02. Overdose on Diversions\u003cbr\u003e03. 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