Source - Funereal Drone
If you're bored or annoyed with modern black metal, old black metal, true or not black metal, or simply don't care any more, don't worry. It's the same with Nordjn. This new EP doesn't even try to be classified. It simply is black metal. And the musicianship is... Let's say, the songs are played and recorded. Not with any particular precision or strictly to the click-track. But, they are played, the way they are played, at the time when they are played, and they are here now. It's made in that period and no-when else. It was the right - or - wrong time to do it, together with the consequences it brought. Take them or leave them. Which is, actually, great. Even if the riffs all sounded similar (which they do not, at least not entirely) this stuff would still be interesting to listen to. Because, this guy probably never plays the same mistake twice. And if he actually wanted to, he could. But he simply didn't bother. Ideas and impressions are here, atmosphere is present, and the really important thing, attitude, is spot on. If you are being nihilistic and psychotic, you better sound the part. Like Nordjn, here. Slower or faster parts, they sound spontaneous and uncontrolled. Nightmares, hallucinations, despair and rage aren't even supposed to be under control. They are real, organic and almost spontaneous, be they downtempo doomy black or blastbeats. The same can be said about the vocals, no nursery rhymes or predictable copy-pasting here. Drums? Oh yes, Psychosis Incantation has drums too. They are... See all above. The bass guitar does its best to try and find its place in the chaos. You can hear it, and you will remember the way it behaved. And, even if you don't remember much of the chaos in detail, you will remember the chaos itself. Source - Funereal Drone |
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