It sure has been a while since we’ve done one of these, huh?  To be honest, I wasn’t expecting to be writing this column when I picked up the promo for the newest release from St. Petersburg’s Sivyj Yar.  The Russian one-piece came on my radar quite some time ago because of their unique, delicate and highly melodic brand of folksy black metal.  When I saw the name on our list, I knew I had to snag it, but Golden Threads has turned out to be pretty far from what I had originally anticipated, in all the best ways.

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