Album
Type: Full Length
Date
Released: 17/06/14
Label: SSTARS®
“Liquido Di Morte” DD/LP track list:
1). Ozric Pentacles 08:33
2). In Death Of Space / Of Death
In Space 10:32
3). 144 18:27
The Band:
F. | guitar
C. | guitar & freakouts
Z. | bass
S. | drums
C. | guitar & freakouts
Z. | bass
S. | drums
Nicola Manzan: guitarse on In
Death Of Space / Of Death In Space
Tommaso Mantelli aka AMA: toy keyboard on 144
Reverend Johnny Mox: apocalypse speech on 144
Tommaso Mantelli aka AMA: toy keyboard on 144
Reverend Johnny Mox: apocalypse speech on 144
Review:
Starting
with some ominous weirdness, a slow burning open section, the melodies slowly
enter into a nicely woven tapestry of sound. The only vocals present are the
sample at about the midway point which captures the feel of the track. The
whole of the song feels like it's building to the heavy bridge section with
solid rhythm guitar and some tremelo picked verbed out post-black metal lead guitar.
The
middle track “In Death of Space / Of Death In Space” starts the intensity right
off the bat with some noise, under tremelo picked leads. I like how Liquido Di
Morte has integrated a blackmetal/gaze feel into a more psychedelic outing, the
layering they incorporate also adds an extra degree of unease and this track
begins feeling like a backing soundtrack to an alien invasion. At the 4:30 mark
or so, the track opens up into some nice melodies over some nice bass playing
and solid drumming. The final two minutes of this track are in my opinion the
highlight of the album and channel some heavy classical vibes, with a
consciousness expanding guitar noise freakout over a frantic repeating melody
figure.
“144”
begins with an ambient wash of cascading noise over some jazzy drumming, ending
with what sounds like aliens trying to contact us from space. At about the 3:20 mark
the drums kick into an ominous slow build, the guitar kicks in with an
Earth-esque riff with some cool ambient droning, oscillating in the background.
This song has a lot of repetition and layering and all the melodic passages are
VERY long and similar to a YOB composition. This repetition helps set a deep
atmosphere and this track especially should be listened to in an album context
and as a complete work. A very historical sounding sampled vocal, sounds
vaguely like the Nihilist’s fake American accent from the Big Lebowski movie
and breaks up the middle section of the song a bit. The keyboard weirdness near
the end of the track is pretty cool and it almost sounds like someone screaming
into a vocoder while spinning all the knobs on board at the same time.
I
feel like the artwork here is definitely cool enough to warrant a mention,
Liquido Di Morte's artwork has an Illuminati-esque feel with a repeated
all-seeing eye motif and some yellow rays that seem to be radiating from an
outline of an upside-down pyramid. Anyway, it looks pretty badass and an album
this intense should have intense artwork to match. I had this album in the car
over the weekend before reviewing it with several others and I found myself
listening to it more than the rest. It's a definite grower with many layers and
Liquido Di Morte has developed an excellent and unique sound. Check it out
below and if you have the time and live in Europe see them live too, because I
can tell that these songs will be amazing.
Words by:
Chris Tedor
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