UNreviews
The following releases are my own artistic output. I am not reviewing them, as I see that as analyzing a piece of work, going over it's aspects, thus helping the reader decide whether it's their thing or not.
I obviously cannot do that with this stuff. I released it, therefor have accepted it as worthy in the music scene in some way. True, it's my policy to mainly review albums that I enjoy, as this 'zine is more of a recommendation tool in that respect. But, also, there's the negative in a way that none of my album reviews contain - the "we are our own worst critic" aspect. Dubbing them fit for release doesn't mean I'm fully confident in them. Fully. That would be arrogant.
So these are "Unreviews". Merely descriptions, completely biased, sometimes even acting as excuses as to why they are what they are. AsI only interview a select few musicians, I cannot say that I know what the reasoning behind a lot of what I cover is, beyond my own interpretation. "Un" might be the incorrect prefix, but it has a grabbing ring to it, doncha think? So, here we go with MY latest:
⦁ Solitarrion - PHANTASMagoric Journey
This album is the closest I've come to my past in live bands, in which I mostly played melodic and thrashy death metal or power metal. Unlike the spiteful and extremely negative and flat-out brooding Sar Nath, this is an act of pure, dedicated fanaticism. I'm sure you can guess what films it's dedicated to in the blatantly emphasized album title. This is more synth-laden, natural minor-infused, and focuses on low growls a lot more than my main band (Sar Nath). It follows the story of the tributed films closely, and in chronological order, with a more poetic and metaphoric stance on the actual happenings than a lot of concept albums.
⦁ TSP - To Rip Is To Worship
Closely kindred in theme to Sar Nath in that it's all about hating the mortal flesh we're bound to, it's nothing like any of my metal output other than conceptually and in the fact that it's harsh. This is noise/ambient/death-industrial/alt-electro...whatever. Listening to this sounds like someone put NIN's "Reptile" in a blender, ran it through a broken amp, with overdubbed nonsense (methodically) madly shat all over it. People love it that hear it, oddly enough. Go fig.
⦁ Sar Nath - Sorrow And Psychopathium Consummate (Ed: Now released. See link on the main page.)
This is the upcoming new full-length release of my main black metal project The title says it, as it's meant as a quick descriptor of the proceedings. Sar Nath started as a DSBM band, which lasted genuinely for like...4 songs, until my anxiety, hate, and desire to harm myself and others in a far more malicious manner than a "sad" man could muster. I know what its influences are (which reach nearly a 3-figure count), but if I were to try and sum it up by comparisons; I'd say it's a lot of (all eras of) Mayhem, having a street fight with Silencer, as Aborym cheers on whoever hits the hardest at whatever given time it's landing those harder hits. Or something like that, I suppose. I'm not "well" in the head, and I hate my body from chronic pain, and you can hear it. Oh, and unlike a lot of black metal, there are (sometimes) traditional metal guitar solos that are corrupted by a good portion of Trey Azagthoth influence.
Okay, that's enough about me for now. Go back to reading about my actual fanatical obsessions. (I'll do more of this in the future if I get a good response from my active readers.)
10/20/15
TTSNSN
The following releases are my own artistic output. I am not reviewing them, as I see that as analyzing a piece of work, going over it's aspects, thus helping the reader decide whether it's their thing or not.
I obviously cannot do that with this stuff. I released it, therefor have accepted it as worthy in the music scene in some way. True, it's my policy to mainly review albums that I enjoy, as this 'zine is more of a recommendation tool in that respect. But, also, there's the negative in a way that none of my album reviews contain - the "we are our own worst critic" aspect. Dubbing them fit for release doesn't mean I'm fully confident in them. Fully. That would be arrogant.
So these are "Unreviews". Merely descriptions, completely biased, sometimes even acting as excuses as to why they are what they are. AsI only interview a select few musicians, I cannot say that I know what the reasoning behind a lot of what I cover is, beyond my own interpretation. "Un" might be the incorrect prefix, but it has a grabbing ring to it, doncha think? So, here we go with MY latest:
⦁ Solitarrion - PHANTASMagoric Journey
This album is the closest I've come to my past in live bands, in which I mostly played melodic and thrashy death metal or power metal. Unlike the spiteful and extremely negative and flat-out brooding Sar Nath, this is an act of pure, dedicated fanaticism. I'm sure you can guess what films it's dedicated to in the blatantly emphasized album title. This is more synth-laden, natural minor-infused, and focuses on low growls a lot more than my main band (Sar Nath). It follows the story of the tributed films closely, and in chronological order, with a more poetic and metaphoric stance on the actual happenings than a lot of concept albums.
⦁ TSP - To Rip Is To Worship
Closely kindred in theme to Sar Nath in that it's all about hating the mortal flesh we're bound to, it's nothing like any of my metal output other than conceptually and in the fact that it's harsh. This is noise/ambient/death-industrial/alt-electro...whatever. Listening to this sounds like someone put NIN's "Reptile" in a blender, ran it through a broken amp, with overdubbed nonsense (methodically) madly shat all over it. People love it that hear it, oddly enough. Go fig.
⦁ Sar Nath - Sorrow And Psychopathium Consummate (Ed: Now released. See link on the main page.)
This is the upcoming new full-length release of my main black metal project The title says it, as it's meant as a quick descriptor of the proceedings. Sar Nath started as a DSBM band, which lasted genuinely for like...4 songs, until my anxiety, hate, and desire to harm myself and others in a far more malicious manner than a "sad" man could muster. I know what its influences are (which reach nearly a 3-figure count), but if I were to try and sum it up by comparisons; I'd say it's a lot of (all eras of) Mayhem, having a street fight with Silencer, as Aborym cheers on whoever hits the hardest at whatever given time it's landing those harder hits. Or something like that, I suppose. I'm not "well" in the head, and I hate my body from chronic pain, and you can hear it. Oh, and unlike a lot of black metal, there are (sometimes) traditional metal guitar solos that are corrupted by a good portion of Trey Azagthoth influence.
Okay, that's enough about me for now. Go back to reading about my actual fanatical obsessions. (I'll do more of this in the future if I get a good response from my active readers.)
10/20/15
TTSNSN