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Artist...: Todesstoss
Album....: HeikΣne L÷went÷trin
Genre....: Black Metal
Label....: Traumorgane-Kreationen
Source...: CDDA
Size.....: 45,45 MB
Playtime.: 25:15 min
Type.....: Album
` Release..: Jun-04-2013
Encoder..: LAME V3.98.4 -V0
` Quality..: avgkbps / 44,1kHz / Joint-Stereo
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`: Listeners are bound to react to :'
`: TODESSTOss with curious love or :'
`: execration, and both of these :'
`: reactions will be for the same :'
`: reasons. Even within Black Metal, I :'
`: canÆt say I have heard too many :'
`: things that are as sonically :'
`: offensive and simultaneously :'
`: fascinating as this Bavarian :'
`: Depressive Black Metal project. Just :'
`: as the Metal community was split :'
`: over SILENCER, TODESSTOss is a curio :'
`: lodged somewhere between ingenuity :'
`: and gimmickry. Listeners be :'
`: forewarned: this isnÆt your everyday :'
`: sort of Black Metal. :'
`: :'
`: Although TODESSTOss set their roots :'
`: in the shrieks and hypnotic ambling :'
`: of Depressive Black Metal, the sheer :'
`: weirdness of the sound wholly fits :'
`: LangÆs history as a surreal artist. :'
`: In both the vocals and composition, :'
`: TODESSTOss give a sense of convincing:'
`: mental illness. The twenty five :'
`: minute piece ebbs and flows :'
`: seemingly at random, never allowing :'
`: a listener the traditional sense of :'
`: catharsis that most epic :'
`: compositions offer by the end. :'
`: TODESSTOss often focus on :'
`: instrumentation that brushes against :'
`: the grain of the listenerÆs :'
`: expectations; electronic drums are :'
`: often weighted much more heavily :'
`: than the guitars, which sound :'
`: muffled compared to all other sounds :'
`: in the recording. There are often :'
`: times when TODESSTOss gives the :'
`: impression of forgetful wandering, :'
`: often bringing back jarring :'
`: recurring themes in places where :'
`: they donÆt seem to naturally fit. :'
`: Contrary to the majority of :'
`: Depressive Black Metal you have :'
`: likely heard, ôHeikΣne L÷went÷trinö :'
`: is not an exploration of forest- :'
`: wandering melancholy or brooding :'
`: introspection. Nay, this is the sort :'
`: of anguish a soul feels as it :'
`: witnesses its mind falling in :'
`: tatters. :'
`: :'
`: The instrumentation is reminiscent :'
`: of where Blut Aus Nord might be if :'
`: they were still at the demo stage. :'
`: Although the lo-fi production :'
`: certainly works for TODESSTOssÆs :'
`: atmosphere of psychotic dread, the :'
`: recording and musicianship is hit- :'
`: and-miss at best. Although the :'
`: industrial drumming and bass guitar :'
`: are both used quite well, much of :'
`: the guitar work on the album is :'
`: underwhelming. The rhythms are :'
`: almost always muffled underneath the :'
`: vocals and drums, and the lead :'
`: guitar often feels like Lang is :'
`: unsure where he wants to go with the :'
`: composition. To its credit though, :'
`: the guitars in the recording almost :'
`: never feel like they should normally :'
`: belong in Black Metal. Quite often, :'
`: the instrumentation will be subdued :'
`: and even mellow. In no small part :'
`: due to the vocals however, there :'
`: isnÆt a minuteÆs worth on ôHeikΣne :'
`: L÷went÷trinö that permits the :'
`: listener a break. :'
`: :'
`: Without the slightest doubt, I do :'
`: not think ôHeikΣne L÷went÷trinö :'
`: would have had a fraction of the :'
`: shock factor, had it not been for :'
`: LangÆs vocals. Here lies the aspect :'
`: of TODESSTOss that will most :'
`: efficiently split listeners. In what :'
`: is surprisingly rare for the :'
`: Depressive Black Metal IÆve tended :'
`: to come across, the vocals are mixed :'
`: above anything else. The shrieks and :'
`: haunting sprechsegang are given a :'
`: spotlight not often seen in Black :'
`: Metal, and even if a listener finds :'
`: themselves instantly put off by the :'
`: psychotic howls, thereÆs no denying :'
`: that his vocals have power and force :'
`: very seldom seen in DSBM. The :'
`: Gollum-esque shrieks of Nattramn (of :'
`: the infamous SILENCER) is an obvious :'
`: place to start when describing these :'
`: vocals, but I find myself reminded :'
`: even more of the dark avant-garde :'
`: act Devil Doll. Especially :'
`: considering everything else is quiet :'
`: by comparison, TODESSTOssÆs vocal :'
`: element is the big selling point :'
`: here. Hearing such convincingly :'
`: disturbed howling is not pleasant by :'
`: any means, but it creates an :'
`: atmosphere unrivaled by most so- :'
`: called æDepressive Black MetalÆ :'
`: vocalists. :'
`: :'
`: The torture and insanity here might :'
`: not have the lasting appeal of a :'
`: more focused work, but for as long :'
`: as the æshock factorÆ is kicking, :'
`: ôHeikΣne L÷went÷trinö is about as :'
`: hellish as it gets. :'
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