Elysian Blaze - Levitating The Carnal
Soundscapes with a atmosphere of cold desolation reminiscent of old Burzum -- Australian black metal band Elysian Blaze comes forth with their second full-length CD in two years, "Levitating the Carnal," a black doom album full of haunting piano lines and guitar tremolos amidst a wall of shimmering distortion and cymbal crashes that echo through your headphones, driving home feelings overwhelming depression. This album is like a grey sky that's not gonna clear up. Don't put on a happy face because reality is bleak and hopeless.
The opening song "Body and Blood" is 3:20 in length, the final cut "Spirit And Night" is 5:00, and the 5 tracks in between are all over 10 minutes in length. What all the tracks have in common is that they form a collective odyssey into a dark and depressive headspace that leaves you entrancing the melancholy. Beautifully and tragically handcrafted by a group of talented musical artists, you really have to admire the way this album can manipulate and intensify your emotions.
The opening song "Body and Blood" is 3:20 in length, the final cut "Spirit And Night" is 5:00, and the 5 tracks in between are all over 10 minutes in length. What all the tracks have in common is that they form a collective odyssey into a dark and depressive headspace that leaves you entrancing the melancholy. Beautifully and tragically handcrafted by a group of talented musical artists, you really have to admire the way this album can manipulate and intensify your emotions.
1. Body and Blood
2. Macabre be thy Blood
3. Sigh of Night
4. Eclipse
5. Beyond the Shape of Mortality
6. Levitating the Carnal
7. Spirit and Night
2. Macabre be thy Blood
3. Sigh of Night
4. Eclipse
5. Beyond the Shape of Mortality
6. Levitating the Carnal
7. Spirit and Night
Asphyxiate Recordings
Reviewer: mykke
Feb 26, 2009
Feb 26, 2009
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