Artist......: Inquisition
Album.......: Obscure Verses for the Multiverse
Year........: 2013
Genre.......: Black Metal
Label.......: Mutilation Productions
Cat.No......: MUTP-110
Source......: CD
Encoder.....: libFLAC 1.3.1 20141125
Bitrate.....: 940 kbps avg.
F.Rate......: 44.1kHz
Playtime....: 00:45:49 / 322.97MB
R.Date......: 2024-03-08
S.Date......: 2013-10-25
Website.....: http://unholyinquisition.com/
01. Force of the Floating Tomb 4:38
02. Darkness Flows Towards Unseen Horizons 3:58
03. Obscure Verses for the Multiverse 5:38
04. Spiritual Plasma Evocation 5:21
05. Master of the Cosmological Black Cauldron 4:44
06. Joined by Dark Matter, Repelled by Dark Energy 6:11
07. Arrival of Eons After 4:12
08. Inversion of Ethereal White Stars 5:40
09. Infinite Interstellar Genocide 5:27
I once went to a local record store and found Inquisition's "Into the
Infernal Regions of the Ancient Cult." I thought the artwork was awesome,
so I bought it without having had any prior knowledge of the band or its
music. I didn't enjoy it at first what with the moaning vocals and the
weird riffs making it so unexpected, it turned me off. I eventually took it
under my wing again and found myself deeply enjoying it for the same
reasons that had irked me in the first place. Inquisition has that effect,
I've found; they're quite polarizing, with few opinions resting in the
middle and a long gestation period recommended for newcomers. Well, I enjoy
the group quite a lot now and have grown fond of many of their works. This
two-piece is usually utterly brilliant or at least an interesting group
that has developed its own visionary spectrum of black metal.
Listening to "Obscure Verses for the Multiverse" shows Inquisition sticking
to the band's main strengths, a superb effort as expected. Inquisition's
modus operandi often soars between imaginative black metal riffs, sudden
slow lurches, and atypical vocals that, when meshed together, create a
great whirlpool of dark atmosphere. The tempo changes and unique guitar
work have made Inquisition a strange yet attractive beast, and Dagon's
riffing style is one of the more innovative weapons in black metal; his
frantic, unique chops again sound magical against the cryptic atmosphere.
Nothing here strikes me as pioneering or evolutionary, but Inquisition's
ability to still write fresh, memorable anthems without changing up the
musical spine is just amazing. These are some of the finest hymns they've
ever penned.
The dudes of Inquisition are simply fantastic songwriters: their pieces
weave through multitudes of grooves, odd guitar parts, atmospheric
passages, and ethereal bridges all packaged in the group's flowing
trance-like ambience. "Obscure Verses for the Multiverse" is strange, but
it focuses on traditional black metal elements that have been morphed into
the band's own vision of the genre, and it's an identity that's created a
world of perplexing superiority. "Force of the Floating Tomb" and "Arrival
of Eons After" come off as the prime selections, although each track makes
its force felt through a stellar mixture of Inquisition s black metal and
the surreal production floating within the cosmic energy.
Dagon and Incubus are exceptional musicians who have together instilled
several integral flavors that drive Inquisition s style of black metal. The
skill and creativity have seeped into the blood of Inquisition's albums,
and "Obscure Verses for the Multiverse" is exactly what the band represents
instrumentally and philosophically. The hallmarks of Inquisition s sound
continue to chug and churn in familiar fashion, yet it's the group's
collective efforts that keep the fantastic enterprise of instrumental
alchemy both intriguing and monumental. "Obscure Verses for the Multiverse"
ends up eking its way up among the finest of Inquisition's releases. I'm
more inclined to proclaim "Into the Infernal Regions of the Ancient Cult"
as the band's finest work, yet this is among a clutter of stellar
Inquisition records that are an arm s reach from dethroning its magnum
opus.