Lyke Wake - Crawling Through the Abyss of Pain / Symphonic Noise
Alongside the likes of Ain Soph and Sigullum S, Lyke Wake was one of the true grand pioneers in atmospheric esoteric/occult-driven industrialism. The project started back in 1984 with its very first release on Aseptic Noise (Stefano Di Serio´s own DIY label) the limited and sought out cassette ´The Dark Sea of Pain´. Now Stefano returns to the pain with one of the latest releases, and again being out on his own label. A pro-printed CD-R in a jewel case. The covers clearly show a crucified female on a cross. Mary Magdalene?. The scholars do believe that Mary Magdalene was crucified, and was (in-a-lot-of-ways) being a Christed-being in her own right while embodying and living out the fullness of the feminine principle. Nevertheless, Mary and Jesus (and all his followers) were bound to be ´Crawling Through the Abyss of Pain´ by the hands of Roman soldiers to finally receive deliverance through death.
I am quite that those torturous and painful hours felt like a bloody lifetime because Stefano actually works around the very same intention. The main track of the album is ... 70 minutes and 7 seconds long!. But don´t be running away now, we have such sights to show you!... It´s fxxxxxx 70 minutes of pure (and painful) pleasure!
A slowly built synth-driven soundtrack which goes from heavenly epic´ness to hellish minuscule´ness! Eerie, ghost-like low-fi radio recordings getting-in-between the piece. It´s doesn't feel long at all, the themes, mood and the melodies change through the process which gives the recording that adventurous journey. It´s pretty hard to put your words on it simply because there is soo much meat (to digest) on this bone!. The album ends it up with an excellent Pink Floyd cover ´Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun´.
This is one of the best releases made and reviewed in 2018 on Kalteldur!. BE VERY SURE TO CHECK IT OUT. Dungeon/Winter-synth fans will LOVE it (I know!). If you do want to get your hands on this release, I suggest you should send a PM to the official Facebook band-profile (see below).
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