Ordo Templi Orientis where a band from Belarus that plays a very raw and primitive form of ambient/occult/depressive black metal and this is a review of their 2011 compilation "Paganatum/The Doll//A Forgotten" which was released by 9th Meridan Records.
Drums range from slow, mid paced to fast drumming with some blast beats being thrown in at times, while the bass playing has a very dark tone with riffs that follow the riffing that is coming out of the guitars and at times they have a very powerful sound to them, as for the synths they bring a very dark, occult, ambient and avant garde sound to the music and they become more a lead instrument on the recording when the music switches from black metal to being dark ritualistic ambient along with some harsh power electronic noises.
Rhythm guitars range from slow, mid paced to fast black metal riffs that are very dark, raw and primitive sounding with a dark ambient feeling at times along with a brief use of distorted noises in addition they are only used on the beginning tracks but still show up at times in a more soft and clean direction while still adding to the darkness of the music and at times they go back to being heavy but not in the raw and primitive matter of their first tracks while the rest of the music goes more into an ambient direction on later songs and there are little to no guitar solos or leads present on this recording.
Vocals which are only used on the beginning songs are a mixture of grim sounding and high pitched black metal screams that are very depressive at times with some mournful sounding cries while the later songs are mostly spoken word ritualistic parts as well along with some sex magick rituals as well as a great amount of torture and bondage, while the lyrics cover depressive, dark and occult themes, as for the production it has a very dark, raw and primitive sound to it.
In my opinion Ordo Templi Orientis where a very great sounding ritualistic, ambienet/depressive black metal band and if you are a fan of this style, you should check out this band. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Through The Ravening Winterstorms" "Dance Of Consciouness Eclipses (Movement Dynamics Of Lost Control)" "Then They Silent Watch It" and "Apathied One". RECOMMENDED BUY.
Bandcamp |
Homepage |
No comments:
Post a Comment