Fell Voices
Out now through Antithetic Records and Gilead Media (US) and Vendetta Records (UK)
Fell Voices fall into a grey area as far as a genre label goes. What can be an album reviewer’s worst nightmare, I find to be perfect. I can throw plenty of names at this album whilst trying to describe it in a nutshell. But I’d be wrong in doing so. My first listen was all “this is great black metal”. The next had me droning out and feeling weightless. Another shot had me pissed of because of the somewhat lo-fi sound. But then it all just made sense. I started hearing things all together, and suddenly all three of the explanations I just gave, were worthless.
The heart and pain coming from screamed, and I mean SCREAMED, vocals is harrowing, spine-chilling stuff. Not in the sense of fear, but in the sense of pain; looking at yourself in a mirror and hurting from everything. The drums on each track (3 of them) a nonstop pulsing of your heart as you wake from a nightmare, or can’t sleep because the world is falling apart around you. The guitars and bass playing weaves of floating melodies both gorgeous and like an ice pick in the spine at the same time. You put all of this together and spread it over an hour, and you've got the absolutely haunting, terrifying, beautiful, gorgeous insanity that is Regnum Saturni. My word here really don’t do this album any justice, this is but a feeble attempt. This has to be heard to be believed.
Regnum Saturni is available through Antithetic Records and Gilead Media in the US, limited to 750 2xLP vinyl copies. In the UK it can be found on Vendetta Records with a laser etched D-side, on 2xLP as well.
Don’t miss out on this experience. For your ears, and soul, this needs to be heard.
