Arkhtinn is one of the best acts in the world of atmospheric black metal, and this album was the thing that got me hooked. It reminds me of other space themed bands like Mare Cognitum and Darkspace. honeycombguy
For me, if you play this sub-sub-genre of music you're either Darkspace or you're not. But now I am forced to admit a third possibility... you are Voidsphere. Each 20 minute track infects and inflicts with continuous forward energy, eventually led by a fuzzy but clear and prominent guitar melody. Guitar chugging is occasional but assists with momentum, while screams are a sparse but complimentary part of the journey, almost as if they are happening in fixed spaces, while we as listeners fly by. rvss.eel
A foreboding black-doom metal dirge, meditating on a dark world caked in ash, resulting from all the Earth’s nuclear arsenal detonating at once. Bandcamp Album of the Day Jun 14, 2018
Arkhtinn's demo work culminates in VI. Each of the two tracks manage to surpass almost any of their predecessors. VI's black metal track embodies the cold-sweat inducing knowing of an imminent disaster - say the panic while approaching a cosmic gate to a dimension filled with grim horrors. II is the official sonic equivalent to what is found on the other side. Hellish, and nothing but sublime. It cannot be a coincidence that the follow-up to this demo is named 'First Catastrophe'.
Arkh10/10. David Fischer