Like: Dopethrone, Monolord, Domkraft
Label: Bonebag Records
Adjectives: Mystical, Slow-burning, Enchanting
Description: Lyktans Låga is one of the defining moments of Skogskult’s self-titled debut, a slow, hypnotic descent into the blurred realm between myth and reality. In Swedish and driven by fuzz-soaked riffs, the track narrates the eerie interplay between a wandering soul and a legendary queen whose presence blurs into witchcraft. Ritualistic, and heavy as always from this band, it captures Skogskult’s essence in full.
Closing the album, Sol feels like a final meditation, an homage to the sun that questions the very cycle of existence through psychedelic passages, thick waves of fuzz, and an immersive dynamic that gradually expands into something vast and reflective. The track opens up into a warm yet unsettling glow, offering beautiful psychedelic heaviness for doom devotees.
