After a five-year odyssey, Montreal's Akitsa unveils their fifth album, a culmination of spirited and inevitable black metal fatalism. This release marks a minimalist turning point, seamlessly converging the band's myriad influences along their journey toward underground mastery. The result is a unique blend of possessed doom, punk, and black metal, resonating with passion and primitiveness. Akitsa, a trailblazing North American black metal force, emerged despite local indifference, fueled by a fusion of industrial noise, punk, and eerie synth soundscapes. Grands Tyrans represents the band's most mature and compelling work, embodying a perfect synthesis of various extreme music elements. As the music matures, Outre-Tombe's vocals maintain a youthful, raw energy that explores the complex emotions dwelling within the realms of black metal, entwining violence and introspection. Grands Tyrans possesses a sense of urgency, much like a falcon darting through frost-laden branches to embark on a relentless hunt.