Blood Of Artemis — Fading in Silence Review

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Blood Of Artemis is a Portuguese Death/Doom Metal endeavour brought to life by the multifaceted artist Melkor. On May 25th, 2025, Melkor unveiled his latest creation, “Fading in Silence.” This is doom metal in its most evocative form — a lament carved in stone and echoing through time. The album was released through Supergoat Wreck-Whordes / Studios13.

Blood of Artemis, Fading in Silence Review: This review will evaluate every aspect of the single, from its intricate musical composition to its production. Our analysis will provide valuable insights to help you determine if this single is worth adding to your collection.

The First Three Sins, The Summary

The First Sin, The Strings/Keys: Sorrowful guitar melodies crawl forward, weaving through oppressive, slow riffs that evoke a sense of wandering through desolate ruins. The chilling organ sections emerge like distant echoes of forgotten hymns. The Second Sin, The Vocals: A harrowing interplay of guttural growls and spectral, grief-laden whispers shapes the vocal landscape. The Third Sin—The Percussions: Deliberate and crushing, the percussion serves as the backbone of the album’s suffocating atmosphere. Cymbals shimmer subtly—like flickering candlelight in the void—while the cavernous toms and thunderous kick drums resound with an ominous finality, reinforcing the oppressive weight of the compositions.

The Fourth Sin, Overall Discussion

A Gateway to THE HOLLOW HALLS

The nine-minute introductory piece invites the listener into the melancholic realm of Blood of Artemis. The opening of Echoes Through Hollow Halls, creates an unsettling ambiance through organ tones and spoken words, establishing the mood for the sorrowful journey that lies ahead. As the track progresses, the haunting organ sound merges with sorrowful melodies and slow, heavy riffs, conjuring the feeling of wandering through ancient ruins. Distant echoes of grief resonate throughout the soundscape, drawing the listener further into its atmospheric depths.

The Fall of Sanctuary

The second piece, Ruin Of Our Sanctuary, greets them with a mournful piano intro transitions into a progressively heavier and more intense composition, merging slow doom metal with eerie symphonic elements. The piece builds up with deep, growling vocals, interspersed spoken word incantations, and sudden outbursts of death metal ferocity, crafting a dark atmosphere filled with despair, betrayal, and possibly the downfall of something once revered. The intricate layering of sounds and dynamic changes amplify the emotional gravity of the work, drawing the listener further into a state of existential darkness.

A Journey Through Sorrow

The album features its longest and most heart-wrenching track, lasting more than fifteen minutes. With Every, I Fade begins with a chilling organ intro that instantly sends shivers down the spine. Spoken words lay the groundwork for what is to come—a piece that gradually evolves into a hauntingly beautiful clean section, blended with intense heaviness, reflecting a path through sorrow and acceptance. At over seven minutes in, listeners are treated to a concealed gem—a cover of House Of The Rising Sun…

A Doom-Laden Reinvention

Hidden within the album’s depths is a reimagining of House of the Rising Sun, transformed into a harrowing doom interpretation. Blood of Artemis slows the tempo significantly, shifting the song’s inherent melancholy into an abyss of despair. Unlike The Animals or Frijid Pink, this rendition embraces the bleak sorrow at its core, resembling a lament reverberating through desolate ruins—where ghostly vocals and sorrowful guitar lines bleed anguish into every note.

A Manifestation of Darkness

Once more, Blood Of Artemis rises as a fruitiness of artistry, blending doom and death metal with traces of depressive black metal and elements of dark hymns (incantations). Fading in Silence wraps the listener in a soundscape that is both foreboding and stifling, snuffing out any glimmer of light or hope. At the same time, Melkor illustrates that even within a single genre, two projects can vary greatly in sound, mood, and themes. His works—both instrumental and vocal, along with his devilmanship artistry—display a rich tapestry of lyrical intricacy, musicality, and vocal expression.

A Monument to Mourning

Just as with previous releases, the production remains impeccable, ensuring that neither sound nor recording quality falters—as the album drips with reverence and melancholy. The riffs crawl, the atmosphere suffocates, and the voice tells stories older than memory. Each song is a dirge for the lost, a prayer for the wild, and a curse against the desecrators.

Solitude and Defiance

Written and recorded in solitude, Blood of Artemis is both sanctuary and grave. A ritual of mourning and defiance. A howl to the void, slow and unrelenting.

The Depths of Despair

Overall, Fading in Silence delves even deeper into themes of despair, abandonment, and existential loss, and both the lyrics blend English and Portuguese, further deepening the album’s sense of timelessness and emotional weight. Every track intricately weaves a rich tapestry of emotions, pulling the listener into a haunting sonic journey that reflects the delicacy of existence and the sorrow of love that has slipped away. From the resonating anguish of the opening piece to the overwhelming conclusion, Blood of Artemis once more makes a profound statement in the realm of atmospheric doom.

We want to give a shoutout to Melkor for letting us review his album Fading in Silence. Now, we are going to conclude the review by talking about the final three sins and concluding the review.

The Fifth Sin, The Memorabilia

For me, Melkor has crafted a singular yet multifaceted fruit of art in musical composition, encapsulating darkness, weight, intensity, and a profound sense of melancholy, making it an ideal choice for enthusiasts of doom, death, and depressive black metal. Melkor‘s Devilmanship and artistry, both in his musical and instrumental, is undeniably a fruit of art. Each of his varied projects presents a distinct atmosphere, sound, and structure, reminiscent of delving into a collection of narratives by a single author, where every story stands apart, perhaps even in its own unique multiverse.

Moreover, as I revelled in all of Melkor‘s shadowy artistic endeavours… This leads me to the concealed bonus track. While I have mixed feelings about cover songs, Melkor not only honoured the original but breathed new life into it…“With Every Tear, I Fade,” contains a hidden bonus—a reinterpretation of a very ancient and well-known song, reimagined through the shadows of doom. [Melkor]

Blood Of Artemis — Fading in Silence Review

The Sixth Sin, The Artwork

Given the duality of Artemis—goddess of both the hunt and protection—the interplay between death and transcendence resonates within the imagery. The album reflects this idea through its slow, heavy soundscapes, mirroring the tension between destruction and reverence.

The Seventh Sin, Disrelish

There is nothing to dislike in the musical offerings of Blood of Artemis and his album Fading in Silence. The album stands as a monument to sorrow, weaving its melancholic tapestry with precision and emotional depth. Every note, every passage, every whispered lament contributes to its immersive atmosphere, leaving no room for discontent. Thus, we conclude the review of Fading in Silence. I would like to take this opportunity to express my gratitude for your time in reading this article, and I encourage you to explore the work of Melkor‘s latest creation, as well as his extensive back catalogue—a collection of hymns steeped in darkness and artistry.

The Hymns

01. Echoes Through Hollow Halls
02. Ruin Of Our Sanctuary
03. With Every Tear, I Fade

Blood Of Artemis

All music, lyrics, vocals, guitars, bass, and synths invoked by Melkor
*All arrangements and sound design crafted in isolation and shadow.

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