Hailing from the rural northern regions of New York, Silvaplana, tap into the ancient mindset, channeling down the essence of Dionysus with fervent and ecstatic energy that is brought to life with these dreamy and atmospheric albums. These two albums came out at the same time and while I don’t believe you need to listen to these albums in a certain order, I do feel like when listened to in the way I’ll be presenting it here, the flow of the tracks make more sense, with the heavier and more intense black metal album is listened to last with its two lengthy tracks.
Sils Maria
With a long and eerie introduction, you’re greeted with a scratchy guitar tone that’s complemented by the somber and intense piano melody that is enhanced even more 
by wild and pounding blast beats. This is an interesting and minimalist approach that has a sort of timeless atmosphere that really sets the band apart. The swirling organ synths are another layer of heavy atmosphere that this album builds up, like a growing storm or the calm before battle. All six of the tracks are all rather lengthy, with only one of them just sitting over four and a half minutes. They all have this sort of eerie anxiety-inducing pace to them, where the slow and steady piano and organ passages create this sense of looming dread and the drums add this sense of urgency that something is coming. When combined, the dreamlike atmosphere is almost nightmare inducing. I thought this was a really intriguing listen and a great set up for what’s to come next. Almost reminiscent of Brazilian atmospheric black metal act Kaatayra’s last album Inpariquipê. Both of these sporting blast beats style drumming over more minimalist instrumentation.
Limbs of Dionysus
The harsh feedback of the guitars pierce the listener when opening up the album. 
After is greeted with a warm yet dissonant guitar riff that builds up even more into the full band. With only two lengthy tracks, Silvaplana fall into a Dionysian mania, with dissonant and frantic riffs that barrage the listener in a storm of audial fury. The guitars are the main show here, being layered one ontop of another in a way that creates this unique wall of sound that I’ve seen mainly found in more underground noise metal acts. The band is still heavily rooted in black metal, especially when it comes to the tight drumming that is both precise and incredibly punishing to listen to. It cements that frenetic and bleak manic energy that is built up by the guitars. Normally, I’ve always felt that albums with one or two long tracks feel like multiple tracks put together and put out as one solid listening piece. These two songs on the other hand feel like full fledged songs that they sat down and banged out in a sitting and were able to capture this lightning in a bottle brought down by Dionysus himself. These two tracks also felt like they were split in half. Track one and two have the perfect transition into one another and could easily be listened to back to back with out realizing a shift on the playlist.
With these two sister albums Silvaplana have crashed their way into the underground scene, and I feel like its a crime that this band doesn’t have bigger recognition for these awe inspiring and wild albums. As mentioned before, if you decide to listen to these albums back to back, I’d highly recommend giving the ambient Sil Maria a listen first, then build up that Dionysian mania for Limbs of Dionysus. That way the music can tell the story itself, and its one well worth listening to.