Sudaria - Apókryfa
Sudaria is a new thing which started back in 2017 last summer. So far there are 3 albums released, a CD and 2 cassettes. And this one is the latest offering (23rd Oktober 2017).
The first you notice is a sacred and esoteric atmospheric sound. And all of a sudden, you are engulfed/submerged in this murky ritual world. A VERY Lovecraftian and VERY alien world is floating through your speakers as we speak. Ritual vocals (mysterious moans and croons), strange acoustic guitar, cavern/dungeon mood drones, echoed fuzzbox distortions, looped and machinelike white-noise and the sound of people making progress in whatever ritual they are performing. I love their sound, sumthing in the background and sumthing in your face. Sound quality is incredible superb, field recordings when it works!. David Tibet Of Current 93 once said, that his first initial idea of his band was the sound of an occult/ritual-driven version of Whitehouse. This comes quite close to that. A very direct and brutal kind of ambient music if you please. This is the first track I am talking about, and this goes on for nearly 20 minutes!.
Next offering also nearly 20 minutes. Evocative and reverbed violin and creepy string give it a lovely seriousness to this. We´re not talking about teenage Satanists crucifying frogs in their parent's basements here!. Think Throbbing Gristle, Aghast and Ain Soph. Occasional classical piano sets the aesthetics just right later on. Strangely distorted vocals can be heard in the background, sounds like the dream television recording from Carpenter´s ´Prince of Darkness´. This REALLY sounds amazing! The tracks give you that kind of feeling like... being watched in a supposedly haunted house. Something quite unseen and (not from this world) is abroad, and stalking you without your knowledge of it. If anyone did a proper M.R James film adaption, then this second and final track on this album could work perfectly. As in the work of ghostwriter M.R James, it literally feels like ´blackness slowing and surely engulfing you´ (quoted by Christoper Lee).
This is top quality ritual/horror music which deserves anyone's attention for the bizarre, esoteric and scary!
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