tirsdag den 27. august 2019

Talog - Objave Sablasne Tiranije



The title means Revelation of Spooky Tyranny (according to Google Translate). A spooky tyranny?. Talog hails from Croatia, I wonder if he refers to a specific tyrant from the days of old. Could it be Milosevic? He waged war and was into ethnic cleansing in Croatia, Bosnia, and Kosovo. The titles of the three tracks on this mini-albums go from Death Is Not In the Tomb to The Gates of Hell. Talog mostly works within themes of a vampiric origin, so who knows. Have he made a fusion/mix-idea between Slavic vampire myths and the brutality of Milosevic?. Stoker did the very same thing, Vlad Tepes meets the vampire myth = Dracula. Nonetheless, Mr. Talog have released this digital+ltd.physical-cassette/tape-release and as far as I am concerned... Stuff from Croatian-based Talog is always worth the attention!

Not a big one though, 3 tracks being only 15 minutes in total. With one of the most beautiful cassette releases, I have seen in a long time! (see pictures below)

First track Smrt Nije U Grobnici puts the listener inside a cold coffin which has been placed inside an ancient masonry-build tomb, while it´s raining in the living world outside. A simple, mysterious but effective intro to this evil-sounding release (and ear opener if you please). Next track you are walking through an evocative and mist-filled graveyard (after you have gotten out of that maggot-ridden tomb of course!). Sounding sinister and rather... early death-industrial/ambient (Brighter Death Now, Tombstone) meets vampiric dungeon synth. Very creepy, horrific and simple primitive synth-ambient. Fans of classic Hammer-horror and horror comics like Eerie and Creepy... take notice! 


Last piece Vrata Pakla moves into more ritualistic and ceremonial grounds. Could it be that you have awoken from the dead by magic means, walked through the mist-filled graveyard and ended at last in some summoning ritual? The last touch of the last track confirms that whoever has summoned you from the dead, is more than willing to do your bidding. And that bidding? Tyranny over the lesser mortals perhaps? I don´t think it would be Milosevic returning from the dead as a bloody vampire!

And that is that!. Not much to it, a quick and simple mood setter before playing a horror-based roleplaying game (or watching classic vampire flicks!). The only downside to this release is that it is too short!. I would like to have more of this!. BUT, it works fine in its lesser-is-more approach. It´s grim, primitive and minimal. Go get while it´s cold and rotten!

kl.