Rattenkonig - Blind, Obsessed with the Moon
Our very favorite Splinter is at it again with his fifth Bandcamp release. A short mini-album, 6 tracks about 15 minutes of pure delight. The theme is centered around the moon and someone called Aram, and as the cover-art clearly illustrates with a wolf howling... in pure daylight?. If you are crying after the moon in pure daylight, then your probably are obsessed with the moon. But wait a minute!... upon closer examination are we actually looking at a wolf?! A cross between a huge rat and black/white cow perhaps? The painting/cover-art have been made by Gustav Dorre and the title for it is ´The Lost Cow´, so no... it is not a canine. This Aram bloke has a history attached to it :
Aram was One of the Five warmasters of the kingdom of Mendya, A wealthy, charming and glorious man.
One day he wandered a little too far into the wildness when he fell into the trap of MITHRGA an obscure entity made of Sadness and sorrow. The infamous swordmaster was never to be seen again. His curiosity was the end of him.
I don´t know about the origin and source of this tragic story, but it works like a decent theme for a moody and melancholic dungeon-synth treat. The listener basically travels with the doomed knight to his tragic and mysterious obsessed end. Mysterious string-driven melodies (almost Persian/Asian sounding) gives the album a wonderfully atmospheric feel, improvised moody medieval synth-work is also to be found, simple but efficient and cold crystal-like tunes.l And that is that!. Not an epic over-the-top heavy meal with thick sauce and strong porter beers, but a nice laid-back and atmospheric light dungeon-synth treat for everyday use. Nothing bad to say about it, it does its job very decent. If you want it darker then have a go at the earlier releases with Rattenkonig (see former reviews).
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This album tales his story