# The Best Record You’ve Never Heard: SGATV summon a sodden relic of US black metal

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/the-best-record-youve-never-heard-sgatv-summon-a-sodden-relic-of-us-black-metal/
- Published: 2026-11-13T06:00:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-13T06:20:37+00:00
- Original publisher: Far Out
- Original article: https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/sgatv-summon-sodden-relic-of-us-black-metal/
- Topics: Americas, World

## Key points

- SGATV recommend Moonlight Sword’s *Elven Blood*.
- The EP features five songs of raw symphonic black metal.
- Its synthesizers and fantasy atmosphere influenced SGATV.

## Summary

Swiss punk-metal band SGATV have recommended Moonlight Sword’s *Elven Blood*, a little-known EP of raw symphonic black metal, as a record deserving wider attention. The choice reflects the keyboard-heavy, fantasy-inspired sounds that also surface on SGATV’s new album, *Now to Ruin*.

Led by North Carolina musician Carmila Dracul, Moonlight Sword released the five-song EP through Oakheart Productions. SGATV founder Severin Beerli praises its noisy guitars, prominent synthesizers and melodies, highlighting tracks including “Elvesbane” and the epic closer “A Knight-Maiden’s Pride”.

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