CHAOS MOON is a Black Metal band, formed in Philadelphia, formed in 2004, and reborn in 2013.  As far as I can tell, this is their new demo album, and contains nine tracks.  As is common in this genre, one person wrote and performed all vocals and instrumental parts on the album.  "Seeing Through One I" is the opening track.  It's a slow, atmospheric number that sets a tone for the evil to come, segueing into "Bloodfall," which opens with anguished waits, and an all-out instrumental assault, mostly consisting of a three-key pattern.  "Altar" is a bit more structured, with more discernable patterns, but overall it remains fairly amorphous.  The music is just droning, a relentless note that changes in key but only a few times in pace.  You have no idea what the singer is conveying lyrically, but it's the music that is supposed to tell the story here anyway.  "Barrow" continues in this vein.

The title track introduces some variegate to the soundtrack up to this point.  The chord changes are more pronounced, and the backdrop more refined.  But the intensity is still omnipresent.  A long interlude carries the end of the track forth to "Asemic Weakness," which is more of the same.  "Hymn to Iniquity" is aptly titled, as it opens softly I am picturing the vestibule of a church.  Here the blast beating is replaced but a gentle, swaying riff, before it turns to more maddening rhythms.  There is a SWALLOW THE SUN vibe here at times, which I enjoy.  "Empty Fissure" is a slow building atmospheric track, with plenty of hidden beauty.  The closing track, "Exordium of Exile" is back to the qualities of earlier songs.  I do like the gentle acoustic interlude, which multiplies into an electric riff before being swallowed by the remainder of the songs agonizing intensity.

True, traditional Black Metal always reminds me of the darker things out there...spooky forests, full moons, creatures in the night, despair and hopelessness.  But, it can be very beautiful at the same time, if you listen with all of your abilities.  Some of it however is very homogenous in its delivery.  I would say that is the case here with CHAOS MOON.  It would make the perfect soundtrack to a haunted house, but I have trouble imagining listening to the album in its entirety purely for musical pleasure.