While They Sleep
La Nausee
More Hate Productions
Symbol Of Domination
My next record to review here is one-man band run by Kvolkaldur from Ukraina. He is basically responsible for handling all instruments and vocals. Before I have started to listen the album entirely, I pressed the play button with 2 random songs and it was not difficult to anticipate the band`s direction on the whole album...
I do not like a word depressive so I prefer to use a term-nostalgic to describe the music which can be melancholic, dark and unsettling in this case. La Nausee have all of those different emotions and even blurred image on front cover literally says; fuck off it won`t be nice journey entering this village.
I remember, in early 90`s there was a huge movement in black metal that`s been second waved by A Blaze In The Northern Sky from Dark Throne. The scene became cliché afterwards and there were a lot of harsh sounding bands with high pitched guitars similar to While They Sleep. I do not say it`s bad I just have been on this path hundred times, listening to many other albums, slightly relative to La Nausee. This CD is very long, contains very repeatable tracks so it’s a bit predictable for me. It`s certainly obscure sounding same as vocals but its rawness does not do a harm to the records, fortunately. It`s like being lost, deep in a woods and you are unable to find a way out. It has that feeling of helplessness, grimness driven by unforeseen forces that take power over you.
I can tell you now that at night, when you set yourself to sleep and all lights are off, those songs responding on different level to my senses. Suddenly, music is more absorbing through its monotony and it`s much easier to go through dismal atmosphere of songs. Nothing to die for but it`s very decent black metal album.
Added 27.09.2016
Review by Slawek Migacz
I do not like a word depressive so I prefer to use a term-nostalgic to describe the music which can be melancholic, dark and unsettling in this case. La Nausee have all of those different emotions and even blurred image on front cover literally says; fuck off it won`t be nice journey entering this village.
I remember, in early 90`s there was a huge movement in black metal that`s been second waved by A Blaze In The Northern Sky from Dark Throne. The scene became cliché afterwards and there were a lot of harsh sounding bands with high pitched guitars similar to While They Sleep. I do not say it`s bad I just have been on this path hundred times, listening to many other albums, slightly relative to La Nausee. This CD is very long, contains very repeatable tracks so it’s a bit predictable for me. It`s certainly obscure sounding same as vocals but its rawness does not do a harm to the records, fortunately. It`s like being lost, deep in a woods and you are unable to find a way out. It has that feeling of helplessness, grimness driven by unforeseen forces that take power over you.
I can tell you now that at night, when you set yourself to sleep and all lights are off, those songs responding on different level to my senses. Suddenly, music is more absorbing through its monotony and it`s much easier to go through dismal atmosphere of songs. Nothing to die for but it`s very decent black metal album.
Added 27.09.2016
Review by Slawek Migacz
