This one-man black metal project from Japan named itself
after a period of rebellious and intellectual European art, but
frankly this is about as intellectual as checking your petrol tank with a
cigarette lighter, and if this is a rebellion I imagine it would be crushed
quickly and silently by higher forces (not that it would inspire any rebels in
the first place). This is raw black metal of the very obscure sort. Note how
obscure is a neutral word with no positive or negative connotations and allow
me to add plenty of negative ones. It’s basically the most tedious piece of
brainmelting monotony I’ve heard in a long time. Classical influences are clear
here, but the riffs remind me personally of symphonic music from a ‘30s or ‘40s
melodrama (a very cheesy one) forced through a black metal filter far too
quickly; not exactly a grim formula. I’m all up for genre fusion and
experimentation, and even ungrimness, but it needs to be interesting. This is
just so boring! Whining melodies which sound almost all exactly the same plod
on through cacophonic production, oblivious to the listener’s excruciating
boredom. Jekyll does some blurted out burps into the microphone for vocals. And
that’s the way it rolls from start to end. But OH WAIT, I forgot! Everyone
Has Two Sides gets some variation at one point when it decides to break out
a cover of the James Bond melody. Seriously? That’s the break you give me to
your incessant monotone record? What a joke. I’m giving some points to this
only because I’ve unfortunately heard worse music in my life.
In conclusion: No.
Standout tracks: Not available as every song on this record
is irritatingly similar.
Score: 2.5
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