Release Date: 30th August 2022
Label: Self-released
Genre: Black Metal

Tracklist:
1. The Three Heretics
2. The Black Fire
3. The Fading of Life
4. The Enemy Within I
5. Heretic’s Tongue
6. Vortex of the unknown
7. The Enemy Within II
8. Exile

Line-up:
Alexis Riera – Everything

Review by Felin Frost

Rate: 7.5/10

Remorseless Winter is a one-man band from Washington D.C. formed by Alexis Riera ( Astral, Cognitive Dissonance, Hand of Flauros, Throne of the Tyrant, Voragine, Tephros, ex-Muerteblanca). In 2020 he released three conceptual demos, Letters from Iceland, Letters from Iceland II and Escape from Iceland. In 2021 came two full-lengths,kronica of a frozen land in the vein of the old traditional BM. Shattered Memories was a more melodic BM-oriented music.


Now, on 30th August, Alexis released An exile from the body of flesh and blood.
Alexis changed the focus of his music utterly; the third album combines dissonant avant-garde black metal and doom metal. I say the least, a very well-choose style for Remorseless Winter.

An exile from the body of flesh and blood consists of 6 tracks, one of which is instrumental, The Fading of Life. The album is 34 minutes long, and as its title suggests, its lyrics revolve around the occult arts and paranormal events. The music is pleasant, the dissonance applied is not dull and repetitive, and there is a fine line to use it in a balanced and unbearable way, but Remorseless Winter knows how to make it sound balanced.

The doom metal here is not the funerary death that often becomes hugely dull; on this album, we have that sinister and haunted touch and pain on the threshold of the ideal, melancholy good to feel, melodically well structured. Well-orchestrated guitars, with clean arpeggios and perfect dissonance, as I’ve mentioned. The vocals are also mesmerising, a mix between acid and black metal coldness, with some very subtle death tones; I liked it a lot.


An exile from the body of flesh and blood is soothing and compelling, and it’s one of those works that you can listen to from start to finish without any problems. The only point I might point out would be drumming, at some point more aggressive and faster, which could fade and continue in the quality doom vibe you find here.

This third album from Remorseless Winter deserves your attention, and I look forward to hearing the fourth album from this one-man band that hit the nail on the head in mixing black metal and doom metal so beautifully.
Congratz bro.