fredag den 20. juli 2018

Eye Floater - Cannibal Anthems



Sometimes things get... unknown and scary. Especially when you receive something from your mailbox for you to review, that hails all the way from Costa Rica. Costa Rica? What do I know of Costa Rica? ... Sunshine, lovely beaches, tourists and sunbaked cement which gives up a certain smell the minute the rain falls. But what about obscure and dark music?... No, can´t say I know a single act from Costa Rica doing that. But know I do... Or do I?...There is not a single internet file that can give you a hint or two about this release. Not on Discogs, Bandcamp, Facebook or the World Wide Web. I will try to tell you what I know... So far.

It was recorded back in 2016, in the Devils Workshop San Jose Costa. Made by an E. Valerio, and released on a label called Oido Irritado Records (see label links below!). How limited this BEAUTIFUL release is, the booklet doesn't tell. I can reveal to you that the moldy looking booklet has been inserted into a spray-painted plastic slip/bag, inside there is a kind of fold-out poster/extra booklet with some photos and text, and then the CD has also been beautifully sprayed painted as well. Terrific handwork I say!


The music itself can simply be called as ritualistic and heavy dark ambient. Not in the glossy world of modern dark-ambiance, but more of a step back to the golden primal days of mid-80s Lustmord and Controlled Bleeding to later recordings released on Cold Meat Industry (Raison d´être, Megaptera, Archon Satani). There is not a single synth on this album, we´re dealing only with pure sound. The constant drone of ritualistic church bells, looped and moaning human voices, ceremoniously drums, ghostlike winds... It´s all there. It´s a pure necropolis of sound, the sound for the kingdom of the dead/cannibals. 

It´s heavy shit to review with details from track to track, I will only tell you, readers, out there to seek out this excellent release. Further down I will leave an e-mail add on how to contact the artist!. Also check out his Soundcloud page. The soundscapes within the album are really worth exploring from start to end. Fans of old-times CMI MUST hear this!


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