False - False
The first impression is really important, as it shapes the later relation you have to a person or object. Although the cover is really nice and convincing, there is a real big question on my mind, as I read the band name, respectively the title of the EP. How good can a record be, that tries to convince you that it’s False ? If you can disregard that fact, there are two really entertaining songs waiting on the inside though…
False is the first output of the eponymous band and it offers 25:16 minutes of playing time which is distributed nearly equally on both tracks. The played genre is relatively clear and should be defined as black metal, although there are some doomy or slightly progressive passages as well. To give a general orientation, you have to name bands as Deathspell Omega, although some other influences are shining through which could remind you of bands like Drudkh which can mainly be traced back to the synthies.
Both songs are played in upper midtempo and are offering mainly ambient touched black metal. There are some major black’n'roll influences and because of those influences it’s really easy to follow the twelve minutes playing time per track. Really easy? Well, there are some passages which offer the exact same scheme over a long distance which can get a bit lengthy from time to time, but besides that you can’t really say anything bad about the composition, as there are some unexpected passages as well.
The orchestration is exact to the point and full of variation (of course except the aforementioned passages), especially the drums are a sheer delight. The vocals are opaque but they sound slightly ritualistically evil and that suits the record really well. It would be better, if the vocals were in the foreground sometimes, but the production in general tries to forge a unit, and so the sound is really compact. Besides this compactness it’s well done, although there is a slightly dirty touch to it.
Conclusion:
The first lifesign of False is a really good output which shows that the band can compose and play varied and that they know, what they are doing. Everything seems to fit together, as the black’n'roll passages harmonize with the dark ambient parts full of thrashing. The biggest flaw are the monotonous passages which follow the same scheme over several minutes without variation, and it would have been great, if they had shortened them. As you can get the record via “name your price” on the bandcamp side it won’t hurt to risk an ear though.
Wertung: 86/100
Date of release: August, 9th 2011.
False (Gilead Media) – Bandcamp
Tracklist:
| 1. | The Key of Passing Suffering | 12:33 | |
| 2. | Sleepmaker | 12:44 | |
| Total Playing Time: | 25:17 | ||
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… one afternoon, I ended up at Threnodies, who mostly cover Metal genres coming from the North (think Folk-, Black-, Pagan-, and Viking Metal). They caught my attention however with their classification Black ‘N’ Roll, as I’m always in for some innovative Hybrid genres…