Lacrimae-White Pest-2009

Artist: Lacrimae
Album: White Pest
Year: 2009
Rel. Date: 2009-09-27
Genre: Black Metal
Label: American Line Productions
Source: CD
Type: Album
Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo

This starts out like many black metal albums, with
a creepy religious sample. From there, briefly
they capture the early sound of black metal, that
symphonic sound perfected by Emperor and the like
The vocals have a slight rasp and are mildly
‘punky’. Lacrimae’s sound is a little looser
their drums more chaotic and the guitars are
thrashier. From onset you can hear there is
something more going on here. Already subtle
noises and electronics are popping up. By the
second track, I am immersed in their weirdness
The vocals are a sicker, more evil than the last
generation, lush keyboard passages are interrupted
by off key clangs and blast beats
This album quickly evolves into a black metal
hybrid with industrial and electronic elements
The beat is always fast and there are many
blasting parts. The drums are mixed at a great
level, not too up front but not buried by any
means. The production on this is stellar. No
element gets out of control, but nothing is lost
every bleep and strum is heard. Guitars have the
lavish prog sound of later era Enslaved. There are
plenty of intros, interludes & outros, some with
pianos, others that border on martial industrial
some are as simple as quirky noise ocsillations
Vocals are all over the place, ranging from deep
almost carooning cleans to harsh, multi-layered
creature screams. The vocals are so diverse, as
with everything else about this album, that it is
hard to pin it down. It may land somewhere near
Aborym and Rebel-era Satyricon. My only real
complaint is that the last track is an somber
acoustic rock song like some old Pink Sabbath cut
and although, it’s not bad, it goes on for like 15
minutes. Oh, and they use a Taxi Driver sample
That’s kinda old, ‘Are you lookin at me?’, that
byte is pretty stale
Usually packaging deserves scant a mention but
this booklet has not only great design & artwork
but it is printed on extra glossy stock, embossed
and folds out into a large upside cross
Brilliant

1. Black Euforia 6:37
2. Enthropic Rush 7:43
3. Zerphente 6:18
4. Luciferina 4:45
5. Casus Luciferi 6:12
6. Gates to Perdition 5:17
7. Course to Arsoning 7:57
8. Way To Oblivion / Throw 15:52
60:41.

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