Departure_Chandelier-Satan_Soldier_of_Fortune-CD-2024-GRAVEWISH

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MP3/FLAC
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GRAVEWISH
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69,93 MB
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Date
2024-10-19

NFO

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  ██▌  Artist...: Departure Chandelier                                  ░▐██▌ 
░▐██   Album....: Satan Soldier of Fortune                               ░██▌░
▓▐██   Year.....: 2024                                                   ▓▐██▓
▓▐██   Rel. Date: 2024-10-19                                             ░▐██▓
 ▐██   Genre....: Black Metal                                             ██▌░
░ ██▌  Label....: Zero Dimensional Records                                ██▌ 
  ▐██  Source...: CD                                                     ▐██  
 ░▐██▌ Type.....: Retail                                                ▐██▌░ 
▓▄████ Quality..: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo                            ████▌░
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       1.  Intro (Napoleonic Battlefield Cleanup)                 2:30
       2.  By Way of Torchlight from Parliament to Catacombs      6:13
       3.  Hard as a Coffin Nail                                  6:10
       4.  Accipitridae                                           6:13
       5.  Interlude (Graverobbers Profit Off the Fallen of Both  1:12
           Sides)
       6.  Hail Dark Forces                                       5:46
       7.  Satan Soldier of Fortune                               7:33
       8.  Outro (Dragged via Musket Straps and Set upon Bivouac  2:04
           Fires)


                                                                 37:41

        Following a debut that bored more than it intrigued despite the mild
        hype it managed to generate, Departure Chandelier dodge the very real
        danger of melting into a cutesy novelty act with the follow up æSatan
        Soldier of FortuneÆ. Here, they have their cake and eat it, maintaining
        the Napoleonic garb but leaning into their real talents as black metal
        revivalists par excellence.
        Reaching to a form of Celtic Frost derived black metal that thrived
        before Norway reigned supreme (referenced maybe only by Darkthrone out
        of the big names of the Nordic set), Departure Chandelier operate with a
        laser like focus on simple melodic themes, expressed via intermittent
        guitar hooks sitting atop a foundation of basic, punk derived power
        chord play, finding their harmonic counterpoint through clever but
        highly accessible use of keyboards.
        It is perhaps fitting that û despite being Canadian û they lift most of
        their influence from Continental European black metal from the early to
        mid-90s. The rich, flowing militarism, the marching tempos, the
        pageantry supplemented with the moral ambiguity of power chord driven
        black metal. Successfully working with these elements seems to elude
        most contemporary voices, despite their utterly rudimentary form. Music
        both dignified and simple is often the hardest craft to grasp for
        experienced and beginner musicians alike.
        In this sense, although Departure Chandelier may at first appear to be
        nothing more than a cheap novelty on which to hang some disposable black
        metal, there is at second glance something of real value at work, at the
        meeting point of composition and thematic inspiration.
        French history û and by extension European history û in the years
        immediately following the French revolution is often overlooked by
        metal, with the vast majority of bands preferring to linger in antiquity
        or the cataclysms of post industrial military horrors. But the period
        roughly following the American Revolution up to the start of the long
        peace in 1815 was replete with religious anxiety, the fruits of the
        scientific revolution beginning to ripen via industrialismÆs
        reengineering of society, new forms of warfare on a scale not seen
        before, and of course all manner of new political propositions û
        beginning to coalesce around their left and right wing orientations û
        filling the void left by the rolling heads of the old aristocratic
        order.
        But Departure Chandelier are not utterly at the mercy of this
        intoxicating miasma of inspiration. Their focus is limited, preferring
        to imply grandeur and chaos rather than frame it in concrete. The riffs
        are austere but focused, the keyboards sprinkle the primal soup of
        linear guitar and drum patterns with hints of scale and melodramatic
        import, never falling into the trap of an obvious intentionality. By
        cultivating this relatively modest interpretation of black metal, it
        allows Departure Chandelier to truly immerse themselves û and by
        extension the listener û in a project of retelling macro historical
        events in sonic form, events that are too large and multi-dimensional
        for one single artwork or discipline to frame satisfactorily.
        This is a reappraisal of a historical period through a medium that has
        largely ignored it until now. It displays an adept understanding of
        black metal as an evolutionary process. A relatively modest form of
        music as far as raw content goes. But a vehicle uniquely situated to
        retell events too large for the individualist perspective. This process
        is then inserted into the thematic material, allowing the two competing
        dimensions to interact and enhance one another. Late first wave black
        metal at the intersection of early symphonic forms is therefore given a
        new lease of life, and a well trodden period of history receives a
        fascinating retelling through a medium still grappling with its
        contours.

        

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