Everyone is familiar with Mories, the mastermind behind Gnaw Their Tongues, De Magia Veterum, Cloak of Altering etc. Aderlating is one of Mories' many projects (this one he is partnered with Eric Eijspaart for) and one I continually find myself going back to time and time again. "Gospel of the Burning Idols" was released earlier this year through the always outstanding, Malignant Records, who were kind enough to supply me with this album for a review, in a glossy, sleek CD sleeve.
The diversity of sounds throughout "Gospel of the Burning Idols" are nearly unfathomable, if it weren't for the fact that they're all here. In all of their glory. A low rumble ruptures the silence and sets us forth onto our journey by means of the aptly titled opening track, "Opening of the Tomb." Haunting, mesmeric vocals break the soundscape menacingly, for the most part, unintelligibly. Drumming begins to infiltrate the cacophonous field, quiet, but prominent as the static rumbling carries on.
The magnitude of outstandingly interwoven sounds make Aderlating stand strong against a crowd of inferiority. Every range is present and dynamic, and no layer is anymore overwhelming than another. At times, simplistic changes or repetition take hold, captivating ears and mind. While other more complex alterations jar and arouse. The dark atmosphere becomes reminiscent of a late stroll through a dank, musky cavern. Things are lurking. They are watching, and these are their thoughts spewing forth. Many will try, but few will accomplish such success in sound. To hear all the intricacies of this album, I recommend solitude, an open mind and of course, anticipatory ears.
I don't feel the need to write out a lengthy review of each and every track. I would rather give a brief but detailed synapses of the album as a whole and allow you to develop your own thoughts of the remainder of the album. The tracks are short enough to keep a solid attention-span but long enough to deliver an unnerving, captivating, and strangling oppressiveness. This is not for the weak-minded or feeble-gutted. Aderlating have really found a solid sound here that is almost refreshing in the most sinister of ways.
A few samples are available on the Malignant Records website, here, http://www.malignantrecords.com/releases/4503
If you enjoy dark, noisy, atmospheric oppression, then by all means, head over, give a track or two a listen and if you can get behind the work of Mories and Eric, then throw your money towards it.
As one first goes through the words on a book so that imagination creates a picture of what it could or is going to be the story then in a movie or a play in the theater, reading your reviews creates in my mind a imerging spectation of what each album will be sounding like. Deepening into this music is recovering the core of my spirit as hard as I try to bocome rather sould than just plain and empty flesh. Thank you very much for having this blog. It gives me a place for meditation and cerain peace
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