Finnish black metal duo Apogeion delves into the dirge of the psyche and shatters its current. ‘Astrolatria I: Initiatio‘ is the first of a planned trilogy of esoteric stargazing rituals, banking on the well-carved bones of obscure black metal traditions to brace their own captivating envision. Apogeion introduce themselves as bristling with menacing character, wide-eyed in their exploration of cosmic horrors and pouncing upon the ear with vitality of movement and subject alike. It is rare to find such a well considered, finely edited stream of conscious thought set upon a debut full-length without prior precedence and in this sense they’ve made a particularly glorious and deeply worthy debut statement.