Redenção Pelas Chamas | Redenção Pelas Chamas | Purity Through Fire

 

Release Date: 12 September 2025
Format: CD, Vinyl
Country: Portugal

Redenção Pelas Chamas emerged from Portugal’s underground in 2022 with their first demo, which hinted at a traditional yet atmospheric direction in black metal. The band consists of Maledictus Der Noctis on drums, Belle Obscurité on guitars, Fëa-Morgûl on vocals, and H.Ulfv on bass. With their debut full-length, simply titled “Redenção Pelas Chamas”, the quartet delivers a vision rooted in raw tradition, carried by an clear sense of conviction. Released by Purity Through Fire, the album places the band firmly among Portugal’s growing wave of black metal groups who balance aggression with haunting melodies.

The debut album from Redenção Pelas Chamas is a work that feels like it belongs to another era of black metal—one that was carried by passion, minimalism, and a darkly poetic vision. Across ten tracks, including intro and outro, the band creates an atmosphere bleak and entrancing, without relying on excess or modern trickery.

The guitar work is built around riffs that echo with frost and sorrow, moving between flowing tremolo passages and more mid-paced sections that carry a sense of ritualistic weight. Belle Obscurité’s guitar lines stand as the backbone of the album, always weaving patterns that feel timeless in their simplicity yet evocative in effect. Fëa-Morgûl’s vocals, harsh and commanding, add a human presence to the storm, cutting through the instrumental layers with an anguished rasp that feels authentic rather than stylized.

The rhythm section ties everything together with focus and strength. Maledictus Der Noctis on drums provides steady pacing, often shifting between pounding blasts and restrained, ceremonial rhythms. H.Ulfv’s bass supports the guitars with a thick undercurrent that gives the sound depth. The production is raw and balanced, rough to stay true to the underground roots but clear enough for the melodic side.

Lyrically and musically, there is a strong sense of unity. Themes of triumph, misanthropy, distant echoes, and ritual flow through the tracklist, giving the album a coherent arc from start to finish. The inclusion of “Intro” and “Outro” frames the main body of songs, while the final track, “S.V.,” leaves the listener with a lingering sense of mystery and unease.

What makes “Redenção Pelas Chamas” effective is its honesty. This is black metal rooted in authenticity rather than excess. There is atmosphere in abundance, but it comes naturally from the riffs, the rhythms, and the vocal delivery, not from external adornments. It is music that is dedicated, focused, and rooted in tradition, yet with enough spirit to avoid becoming hollow imitation.

Score: 7.5