In 2026, Synthre released his second EP.
Barely six months had passed since the first, but Mircea Purdea (Exhalus) was already ready to move forward with Thus Burns the House of the Sun, which was released independently.
Nightfall reopens the doors to this heavy universe, blending Black Metal with Eastern samples, accompanied by a mysterious yet calm voice that grows increasingly mystical before giving way to a fiery drumbeat while retaining that unsettling experimental edge. It persists until The Searing Dream takes over, in turn revealing its virulent darkness that sometimes gets lost in the strange atmosphere the musician weaves at will, offering repeated assaults of his scathing harmonics before moving on to Ashes on Parthian Stellae, a much shorter track where the vocals appear much earlier. The oppression is evident in the dissonance, but the vocals grow darker once more, drawing us along with them in their descent toward House of the Sun, where a female voice guides our steps into the unknown – a space that takes on a martial tone thanks to the rhythm section, yet shifts into another dimension when the voice chants “cursed be the sun.” We then arrive at Hatra Burns, the final track, which intensifies the hazy and aggressive atmosphere, blending blast beats with persistent guitars before the finale, orchestrated by the same female voice as before, and everything goes up in smoke.
Some genres are always difficult to tackle, and Synthre’s Avant-Garde Black Metal is one of them. And yet, Thus Burns the House of the Sun will intrigue you and evoke a sense of unease mixed with curiosity from the very first moment.
75/100