Erdig - Hiob
´Biblical Theodicy. Old Testament. Nature Recordings. Modern City Field Recording and Soundscape.´ From Umeå in Sweden. A new underground act doesn't have much info on the web, the only place I have is the official Bandcamp site.
A strange and new sound to the evolving sound of Dungeon Synth.
First track takes me back at playing Bard´s tale or Forbidden Forrest on the Commodore 64, a kind of primitive and gloomy sounding 8-bit synth (But not entirely 8-bit) kick starts the tape. Extra layers of strange and eerie fields recordings are haunting the recording as well. It´s grim stuff, bound to give your nightmares!
The music continues from old and gloomy fantasy driven computer games, into esoteric and ritualistic territories. The artist improvises on the synth, but keeps the theme sharply focused! At times your feeling you are walking silently through a damp cellar, in search for that last case of Amontillado. Or being hunted through the woods by witch hunters. You are bound to a rather gloomy end, and Erdig´s Hiob tape is sure to tell you that tale.
This is a VERY unique gem in the world of dungeon synth, there is not a trace of the goblin Mortiis here. I would rather compare it with the Italian Ain Soph, esoteric masters of black ambient. Reading occult tombs by Eliphas Levi, Crowley, Gregor A. Gregorius with this in the background could do the trick! A true cult release!
https://erdig.bandcamp.com/