(Andy Synn brings us a new installment in his series of album reviews in haiku. Three reviews of three lines each come after the jump. With music, of course.)
Despite what I’ve seen suggested by certain slightly ill-informed commenters recently, Metal’s obsession with space and the vast potential and possibilities of the great beyond is nothing new.
Let’s be honest for a second – a bunch of the genre’s progenitors were massive nerds who stole took inspiration from some of sci-fi’s biggest (and some not so big) names to feed their lyrics and concepts, and this basically laid the groundwork for everyone from Agalloch to Obscura to Wormed to draw their own inspirations from the same deep well, be it the pulpiest of science fiction or the hardest of science fact. Sometimes both.
So for the latest edition of this column I’ve selected three fantastic albums which, to date, haven’t been covered properly here on NCS, each of which firmly and confidently puts its own spin on the great interstellar enigma and our place as insignificant motes of fleeting life within the vast and unending void.
MARE COGNITUM – LUMINIFEROUS AETHER
Beauty and atmos-
Fear? A visceral vision
Of isolation
https://marecognitum.bandcamp.com/album/luminiferous-aether
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Mare-Cognitum/193381937384234
BLOOD INCANTATION – STARSPAWN
Death comes from the stars.
Crawling riffs. Progressive twists.
Do believe the hype
https://darkdescentrecords.bandcamp.com/album/starspawn
https://www.facebook.com/Blood-incantation-508899805936788/
MESARTHIM – .- -… … . -. -.-. .
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https://mesarthim.bandcamp.com/album/-
https://www.facebook.com/mesarthim.official/
8 Responses to “ANDY SYNN PRESENTS: REVIEWS IN HAIKUS (MARE COGNITUM, BLOOD INCANTATION, MESARTHIM)”
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Whoa,okay. Now I have to listen to that Mesarthim (and learn Morse code)
Well played Andy. Those other two releases are fucking STELLAR.
Yes you do. I’ve loved everything Mesarthim have done so far.
Nicely done .. and had fun deciphering while listening!
Haha, well, I’m glad it worked and made sense!
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Why thank you.
I am glad that you picked these albums for your haiku reviews, given that Starspawn and Luminiferous Aether are among the very best death and black albums released this year, respectively, and as for Mesarthim, this is the first time that I am listening to it but I like what I hear. Another instance of good things coming in threes, I see.
Saw Blood Incantation last night and holy shit they were good. I didn’t get into Starspawn easily, but I’m taking something new away from it with every listen and I’m pretty sure I’ll keep coming back to it for years to come. Great pick, great band.