HAR (הר) hail from Tel Aviv, Israel. They started out in 2014 as an outlet for intuitive black metal, a period which is summed up in the debut EP titled Ba'al Haov. Afterward came the addition of a second guitarist, which provided ground for a constant exploration of the black and death spectrum. Visitation, HAR's next and current EP, summarizes this process. Restlessly roiling with a miasmic murk HAR is where the quartet immerse themselves in the visceral stench of black flames raised to its opposite higher plane, celebrating anachronism draped in the mythos of glory. A veritable shroud of shadowy, sulfurous decibels, HAR's Visitation is spiritual self-combustion channelled through the resounding cavern of eternal black / death.
Review
I find the group is actually best when its on full frenzy, vocals elevated into a panoply of nihilistic specters that cruise over the guitars, especially as it contrasts into a doomier element like the waning moments of "From the Blood of a Whirling Dagger", which itself cedes into sparse strikes of atonal droning against the necromantic chill of nothing. - From the Dust Returned 4/5