Transformation stands where two opposites meet: intertwining the rawness and charge of Atmospheric Post-Black Metal with uplifting harmonies. APRS grants you a tune in emotional intensity with redemption as only possible outcome.

The second chapter of APRS’s nocturnal transmission, Radio Nocturna Vol. 2: Voces del pasado, is less an album than a spectral frequency—an oscillation between anguish and transcendence. Where the 2022 EP hinted at the possibility of catharsis, this full-length unfurls into a vast, immersive soundscape where distortion becomes both weapon and balm. The guitars shimmer like auroras over a frozen wasteland, their tremolo-picked lines carving out emotional contours that are simultaneously jagged and luminous. The rhythm section, relentless yet precise, anchors the chaos with a pulse that feels like the heartbeat of memory itself, driving the listener into the liminal space between torment and release. 

The record thrives on contrasts: blast beats surge like tidal waves, only to recede into passages of airy keyboards and melodic reprieve. This interplay is not accidental but structural, a deliberate architecture of tension and resolution. APRS understands that black metal’s rawness is not diminished by harmony but sharpened by it, and here the harmonic substrate functions as a prism—splitting pain into spectral colors of redemption. As the label itself declares, “Transformation stands where two opposites meet: intertwining the rawness and charge of Atmospheric Post-Black Metal with uplifting harmonies, APRS grants you a tune in emotional intensity with redemption as only possible outcome.” 

Pavel Dark’s vision is philosophical as much as musical. His assertion that “all those negative feelings are echoes of the past that prevent us from living a full life” resonates deeply in the album’s construction. Each track feels like a ritual of exorcism, a tuning dial that catches frequencies of sorrow only to transmute them into fleeting glimpses of presence. The production emphasizes this duality: dense layering creates a fog of sound, yet within it, crystalline motifs emerge—moments of clarity that remind us that even in distortion, beauty persists. 

Ultimately, Voces del pasado is not simply for fans of Alcest, Violet Cold, Olhava, Skyforest, or Lantlôs—it is a continuation of that lineage, but with its own spectral dialect. Every song is indeed a radio frequency, as the promo suggests, but one that demands surrender: to tune in is to be carried, to flow with it, to let the past dissolve into resonance. APRS has crafted a work where black metal’s ferocity becomes a vessel for healing, and where the listener, caught between noise and silence, discovers that redemption is not a destination but a vibration sustained in the present.

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https://aprs.bandcamp.com/


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