TREPANERINGSRITUALEN 'ᛉᛦ – Algir; eller Algir i Merkstave' LP
Cold Spring
I was not sure what to expect, since I did not read any of the descriptions. Or lets say: I actually did expect this to continue ways albums have progressed! Song oriented, musical, growl-heavy industrial beats. But no. Instead there are two side long dark sound sculptures. No vocals. No song structures. Quite free flowing drones, few percussive hits, but no beats. No "rhythms". Not so far from 10" that Tesco did. I like it, but just as the other discussion about "metal percussion" on this forum, there is this question, how much you need the low end humming drones, slow colossal distant voices, echoing "gong"-esque sounds and bow-scraped metal objects? Well, I guess question is as relevant as do you need anymore "guitar music"? Do you need "beats"? etc... At this point of history of Dark Ambent, sounds what we have here, is all well known and familiar from countless albums. Yet, for me, this TRP album is actually more interesting than couple albums before this! It has flow that is not so mechanical, it is dark, in ways that is no way cheesy. It is dark ambient pretty much in a way I'd prefer to hear dark ambient! Barely recognizeable keyboards. Just floating suffocating soundscapes and somehow "hand made feel" opposed to programming.
