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Bloodjob, Morito Ergo Sum, Suizidkult & Void of Reveries
September 13, 2010
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Bloodjob - Sculptures of Laceration
Germany’s death metal scene has a solid sound of gore-filled rage built up and unleashes on the sonically-volatile Sculptures of Laceration demo. This here is four tracks of brutality on the large scale that won’t flip the Pythagorean Theorem of originality, but it is fun to get overly-violent with.

The music is along the lines of grindcore, yet straddles the finest line between death and full on grind. The song structures are quite good, assembling a concise line of fluidity that makes it interesting throughout. While I admit these completely guttural vocals leave me feeling a bit underwhelmed at times with any band, they do fit the mold on Sculptures with relative ease. I also like the intros to the songs with bites from Charles Manson (“Raping the Unburied”) and American Psycho (“Cumshed”); usually devices like this detract from the music or distract from the mundane effort of a release if it’s truly bad, but here they carry just the right amount of engagement.

The standout for me is “Blood Feast” because it seems to peel off your face layer by thin layer with its massive head-kick feel. Nice go-around for a debut offering.
Suizidkult - Demo 2009
Release Date:  2009
Band Self Released

TRACK LISTING:
1.  Intro  2.  Fervency  3.Sad Hate     
-    Total playing time: 11:24
Suizidkult designs some Chilean black metal of the suicidal, depressed nature on this 2009 demo. The three tracks here are okay overall, but honestly when I think of suicidal black metal that depresses me to no end I picture something else entirely; Bethlehem comes to mind, as does Shining, Forgive Me and Silencer.

That’s not to say the demo is bad because it’s really not. For what it is, it sounds like some decent black metal that can improve a bit, but has some chops to it as well. Typically, it’s your average black project that utilizes the ‘riff-stagnancy’ to its maximum potential and that alone can get a bit boring after a while. There are moments of decent shifting, but they are too uncommon and it basically does tread the very same tightrope throughout.

This sounds more like an average black metal band putting out a so-so effort that would resonate much better if it were rounded at the edges a bit more and fattened up with something less tempered. In the regard that this sound has been done to death and offers little in the way for black metal superiority it may or may not suit you depending on your level of black knowledge and taste.
Morito Ergo Sum - I Die Therefore I Am
Release Date:  November 12, 2010
Band Self Released

TRACK LISTING:
1.  The End (Intro)  2.  Gone  3.  I Die Therefore I Am
-    Total playing time: 16:50
Sweden’s brand of gothic down-tempo metal is by way of Morito Ergo Sum to a very interesting degree. The demo titled I Die Therefore I Am is a morose venture into the labyrinth that is the dark side of the soul. The brand of doom here is of a very light gothic variety, but void of all of the typically redundant trappings associated with such a label. You hear more Warning or Sabbath than anything. There are no EMO tricks or false bravado going on here; the band offers nothing but a sullen pathway into this maze of despair that comes across with relative ease. I’m eager to hear a couple of additional tracks, but so far the two here (plus an intro) serve as a pretty solid template. 

The tracks are lengthy, yet not too long so as to cause boredom. The down-tempo feel to the music is a nice experience overall with some drop-tune goodness that is only enhanced by the vocals that ring clear and concise, providing a somber tone that doesn’t drip with lethargy as much as it simmers in its forlorn juices. For some doom metal with just a touch of gothic tempestuousness you might do well to check out Morito Ergo Sum and channel that inner child bent on suffering alone.
DOWNLOAD I Die Therefore I Am FREE from the band's band camp page: http://moritoergosum.bandcamp.com
Release Date:  July 17, 2010
Band Self Released

TRACK LISTING:
1.  Fine Carnal Art  2.  Raping the Unburied  3.  Cumshed  4.  Blood Feast          -    Total playing time: 16:34
To obtain a copy of Sculptures of Laceration, contact the band via their website:  http://www.bloodjob.de/site/
To obtain a copy of Demo 2009, contact the band via their  myspace page.  (click on link above)
Void of Reveries - Void of Reveries
Release Date:  2010
Band Self Released

TRACK LISTING:
1.  Our Never Ending Summer  2.  Poisonous Thoughts Conjured  3.  The Deadly Opiate       -    Total playing time:  26:33
On Encyclopedia Metallum, the band page for Canada’s black metal project Void of Reveries has a statement from main man D. Inoxia that pretty much states, in part, that he doesn’t care for reviews or critiques about his musicianship. He would rather know how the music made you feel, setting or listening, etc. I respect this viewpoint as I’ve had that in my own music for many years.

Upon listening to the self-titled demo I can tell you that I am sincerely taken to a somber realm of ambience that stirs up some emotional turmoil should your mindset be ripe. I listen to this demo with no peripheral distractions, in a bedroom somewhat dark and quiet at 7:30 A.M. I am surrounded by this audio season of misty, thick sounds that is vastly under-produced, yet carries a charm and feel of loss and abandonment, be it of feelings or personal contact with the world. “Poisonous Thoughts Conjured” is a very clear journey into the mind’s collaboration with its sinister side.

The music here makes me feel alive, yet questioning the reason as to why I’m alive. In that, I mean that I’m akin to personal chaos from time to time, as we all are, and the music herein decides for me that this day I can tap into myself for a few minutes and be enlightened and darkened in one sitting and have it feel strangely good, comforting in spots. It is too familiar for me and largely enchanting when I step back and see how it makes me feel. It is a quick journey that doesn’t last too long so as to bore you and is not short enough to leave you scratching your head with wonder. 

Once I get to “The Deadly Opiate” I’m ready for the inevitable slowdown, the easing back into normalcy from such a severely deep trip. When I think of the many bands that attempt this style only with laughable results I can say that Void of Reveries is worth your time if you employ the same mindset as me, which is at times haunted and not so easily impressed.

I hope that satisfies D. Inoxia’s inquiry.     
To obtain a copy of Void of Reveries, contact the band via their blogspot:  http://www.bleakreveriearts.blogspot.com/
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