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░ ██ ██ Artist: Remmirath ██ ██
▓ █░░ ■█ Album: Shambhala Vril Saucers █■ ░░█
■ █▓▀ █ Year: 2015 █ ▀▓█ ░
█ ▓ Rel. Date: 2016-04-23 ▓ █
▒ ▒ Genre: Black Metal ▒ ▒
█▄ ░ Label: Todestrieb Records / Kristallblut ░ ▄█
░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█
░ █▓ Type: Album ▓█ ░
▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓
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█ Imagine something weird, something magical and █
█ truly out there or something hidden in the highest █
█ mountains of Nepal and you have yet to reach the █
█ pinnacle of what Remmirath is about. The █
█ Slovakian's troop second full length is one of the █
█ weirdest albums you can find in metal nowadays. █
█ Sigh wishes they would be this exploratory and █
█ avant-garde but Mirai is probably too busy hanging █
█ out with Mikannibal backstage. This quintet █
█ definitely went to the Master's Hammer's school of █
█ wonders (think of their controversial album █
█ èlßgry), it's just one country away and everything █
█ is nearby in Europe while I need to pack █
█ provisions for a week if I'm going out to get the █
█ newspaper here. █
█ I knew that I was in for an experimental ride when █
█ I noticed that the album had a member dedicated to █
█ and I quote ôEffects, Tingsha and Throat █
█ chantingö. Some other instruments included on the █
█ record are the Melodica, the Glockenspiel, the █
█ Thunderbox, the jaw harp, the claves or even some █
█ maracas. We're pretty far from the traditional █
█ bass, guitar and drums setup, friends. They still █
█ manage to incorporate these elements gracefully, █
█ it's all over the place, yes but not in a highly █
█ chaotic, dissonant or disorderly manner. Compared █
█ to their excellent debut ôPolis Rougeö released █
█ back in 2008, this album is less metal but perhaps █
█ as good and interesting. █
█ The six songs release could be divided in at least █
█ two parts but let's keep it minimal and say that █
█ the first four four tracks are an amalgamation of █
█ extreme metal and well, everything that they █
█ managed to fit inside their minds. This includes █
█ ethnic world music (think Indian, Nepalese and █
█ obviously Eastern European as the band is █
█ Slovakian), progressive metal α la Alchemist, surf █
█ rock and Sergio Leone spaghetti western music █
█ reminding me of one of my favorite bands, Leeches █
█ of Lore (listen to ôThe Gunfighter's Quest for █
█ Enlightmentö). █
█ Secondly, the last two songs are non-metal █
█ psychedelic explorations with strange sampled █
█ vocals and Melechesh-esque Mesopotamian rhythms. █
█ The album's ending is unusual but it's not a bad █
█ thing, it's incredible to hear an album that's so █
█ diverse but so cohesive at the same time. It █
█ almost has nothing to do with Satan's favorite █
█ music though, it's more about the Dalai-Lama █
█ playing poker in space while getting a blowjob █
█ from an Indian hooker living in Bratislava. █
█ The opener ôTiger of the Cityö starts with a bang █
█ and these deep harsh vocals and includes a wide █
█ array of psychedelia. It has a vintage video-game █
█ section before going back to the melodic █
█ progressive black metal riffs that you heard early █
█ on. The metal riffs, when present, are legit, not █
█ always black metal either, it has this progressive █
█ death metal vibe from time to time. Outside of the █
█ unorthodox instruments mentioned earlier, the █
█ traditional rock music elements are through the █
█ roof. The bass is thick, highly audible, almost █
█ fret-less in its presence and the drums are varied █
█ and technically proficient. Nonetheless, these █
█ doesn't quite matter in the grand scheme of █
█ things, I was wooed by the tremendous originality █
█ of their music. It's not for everyone, probably █
█ for a small minority of people, this is █
█ uncompromising and weirder than Yoko Ono on acid. █
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░ 1. Tiger of the City 6:10 ░
░ 2. Shambhala Vril Saucers 6:29 ░
░ 3. The Gunfighter's Quest for Enlightenment 6:29 ░
░ 4. Fox Cooper 7:44 ░
░ 5. Iram of the Pillars 7:35 ░
░ 6. The Coming of Kalki 6:17 ░
░ 40:44 ░
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