Review: 'God the Lux' by Vesania
Discussions elsewhere have mused on the source of BM's next wave, with many regarding Eastern Europe as a likely contender. On the strength of the new opus entitled God the Lux
by Poland's Vesania, it's easy to see why. Building on 2004's 'Firefrost Arcanum' it retains all of BM's traditional hallmarks - and therefore its legitimacy, but also pushes the genre into new and sophisticated territories. The production is excellent throughout, adding depth and breadth to the sound, whilst preserving the requisite rawness and brutality (unlike Naglfar's woefully insipid 'Your Flesh is Now Ours'.) This rawnwss is largely thanks to vocalist Orion, who in places sounds remarkably similar to Marduk's Mortuus/Arioch. Despite this, the band's digital bod Siegmar has successfully woven a dark ambient mini-symphony amongst the sonic violence; his compositions are stunning in places, and far more impressive than the usual cheesy keyboard workouts we've come to expect on lesser records. Purists will no doubt hate this kind of epic BM, but I'd be happy to see the genre evolve along the trajectories being mapped out here.
Posted by monoman at 11:00 PM on September 06, 2005
