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Friday, December 03, 2004
"'The Delores Lesion' by Lilitu"
by
Bill Vogel III
December 3, 2004 A.D.
One of the most stunning releases of 2004 is the epic debut by Lilitu. (Historic note: Lilitu is from Hebrew folklore, she was the first vampire. She was also called Lillith.)
Their opus, "The Delores Lesion" [The End Records], is Extreme Dark Metal with immensely melodic aggression. Interlocking Avant-Garde Death, Swedish Death, Gothic, and Neo-Classical Metal, Lilitu has created a masterpiece of tenebrous radiance. This is a soundtrack for the last days-beautiful, bleak, and brutal.
Keys and symphonic elements add a surreal edge. Clean vocals juxtapose against growls and shrieks. Rhythms are tight, and intense. Guitars are ferocious and intricate, often frenzied. They also use some samples, as well as female angelic vocals. Lilitu is starkly fierce.
The most amazing of these burning odes includes the harshly glorious "Even The Vultures Have Moved On (Atracic Love Story)," the ethereal "Dark Haired Girl," "Fragments Of My Reflection," the intense "Only The End Of The World Again," and the short acoustic instrumental "Ether." Lilitu is a unique journey through resplendent darkness.
In summary, Lilitu's "The Delores Lesion" is the most monumental releases of 2004. It's just that simple, it's just that good. Stay savage. Farewell.
Related Bands: Agalloch, Sentenced, Love History,
Winds, Green Carnation, Samael, Night
In Gales, Arcturus, Darkseed, Centinex,
Project Hate, etc.
Keep the faith, and the AGGRESSION.
Copyright 2004.
Courtesy of Stranger Aeons Magazine.
W.B. Vogel III 7:12 PM
Thursday, December 02, 2004
"'Desensitized' by Drowning Pool"
by
Bill Vogel III
December 2, 2004 A.D.
After the death of Dave Williams, many wondered if Drowning Pool could survive the loss. But they gathered greatly, and returned in 2004 with the epic "Desensitized" [Wind-Up Music]. And their sound is sharper than ever.
Drowning Pool takes a raw intensity and welds it into pure aggression. The effect is a Powercore/Aggro Metal hybrid that is highly melodic...and visceral. Clean, vocal howls intermingle with caustic grunts and growls. These vocal bursts burn through feral blast-beats, twisting rhythms, and sledgehammer guitar roar.
Now their darker, melodious edge shines a little more brilliantly. The most powerful of these vicious wonders are the tenebrous "Love And War," the ferocious "Step Up," "Nothingness," the intense "Cast Me Aside," and "Forget." Drowning Pool has a harsh, raging glory.
In summary, this is one of the best albums of 2004. So crank-up the Drowning Pool, and "you're gonna get knocked down." Stay savage. Farewell.
Related Bands: Exhorder, Pantera, Brick Bath, Kilgore
Smudge, Damageplan, Tree, Dragpipe,
Seether, Flaw, Korn, etc.
Keep the faith, and the AGGRESSION.
Copyright 2004.
Courtesy of Stranger Aeons Magazine.
W.B. Vogel III 6:28 PM
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