Världsbrand - Mene Tekel
This project started way back in 1998 with a single recording + cassette-release, which has since been lost and forgotten. Now after digesting new inspirations, this old project has been revived. So far (this year) there have been 3 releases; one album, one EP and one demo release. The demo plus this album called Mene Tekel are available via the projects official Bandcamp site, while the mini-album being available via So Fuckin´ Noise Records Bandcamp site (see links below). 5 tracks about 35 minutes in total.
First albums set the listener into a cruel, harsh cold and abandoned landscape of sound. Not brutal and overlayered, but a strict concentrated clinical sound-cut into the heart. A Sharp and metallic rotor-bladelike sound, being very expressive and minimal to the core. Mystical rumblings far away in the recording can also be heard, with occasional chilly TG´ish synth-keys also. Not that far away from the more ritualistic workings by Anenzephalia and Ke/Hil. Very good, I like this VERY much so far.
Next track Spräng Dig Genom Rummet dives further into murky industrial ritualistic-aesthetics. Fans of early Maschinenzimmer 412, take notice. Machine-room monotonic organic rhythms, minimal distorted looped bass-sounds wit rhythmic clicks and hisses here and there... I LOVE IT!.
The third piece called Avslutade Kapitel being a very spacy experience. Deep space maybe?. Feels like being on a rollercoaster to some far out dimension where the great outer god Yog-Sothoth sits and waits? A very strange mind-wobbling track indeed.
The fourth track simply called Anti, starts where the former track ended. Instead of ending in another cosmic dimension, you end up on a completely empty world. No plants, no organic life... just nothing. Not even a distant sun, moon or stars to look it. Nothing. Only one thing is present, distant weird howls from somewhere beyond the horizon. Question is, is that sound coming from your own head? Do find out! and tell me about it.
Last track moves into shamanistic territories. Evocative tribal drums, ritualistic and heavy-sounding blowing-instrument´ish drones. A very mysterious and esoteric ending for a great album!
It is an album which many will-not-get at the first listen, I did though (why?) I am not 100% sure. I think it is because I recognize this kind of music, recognize the wipe and the feel of it as well. A rare experience because it is not every day that I hear someone who can actually pull it off. And yes, Världsbrand did pull it off!.
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