Album Type: Full Length
Date Released: 28/10/2016
Label: Ritual Productions
What sets
11PARANOIAS apart from other bands operating in the realms of psychedelic
heaviness is the otherworldly atmosphere they conjure. Every note is enshrouded
in a hazy fog that lends their music a darkly unsettling feel.
“Reliquary for a Dreamed of World”
CD//DD//LP track listing:
1).
Peripheral Metamorphosis
2).
Destroying Eyes
3).
Avallanius
4). Mutus
Lieber
5).
Meditation on the Void
6). Phantom
Pyramid
7). Milk of
Amnesia
The Review:
11PARANOIAS are a rare example of a
super group that are as good, and possibly even better, than their constituent
parts. Featuring Mike Vest (Bong, Blown Out, etc.) on guitar, Adam
Richardson (Ramesses)
on bass/vocals and Nathan Perrier (Capricorns) on drums, the band fully deliver
on their impeccable heavy credentials, as demonstrated on previous LP “Stealing Fire From Heaven”.
Expectations of greatness weigh heavy on new LP “Reliquary for a Dreamed of World” and 11PARANOIAS rise to the occasion
and then some.
Opener “Peripheral Metamorphosis” wastes no
time in getting down to business as the band launch straight into a huge,
treacly riff. This track acts as a satisfying reminder of all that makes 11PARANOIAS great;
minimal punishing riffs that bludgeon the listener senseless whilst elevating their
consciousness to a higher plain, striking a delicate balance between hypnotic
repetition and organic progression. What sets 11PARANOIAS apart from other
bands operating in the realms of psychedelic heaviness is the otherworldly
atmosphere they conjure. Every note is enshrouded in a hazy fog that lends
their music a darkly unsettling feel. The band also show a rare grasp of
dynamics, sometimes falling away to a hushed, restrained quiet that makes their
ferocious onslaught all the more terrifying when it arrives.
11PARANOIAS marked themselves out
previously by their inclusion of weirder elements that stretch beyond the
standard boundaries of doom. “Reliquary
for a Dreamed of World” sees them fully embrace these influences with
incredible results. Monstrous, sixteen-minute highlight “Destroying Eyes” begins with their characteristic leaden riffs but
as the track progresses the tempo slowly picks up until the track blossoms into
a high octane stoner punk explosion. Relentless filthy baselines drive the track
to ever-higher levels of intensity, a glorious racket that sounds like the Stooges
jamming with Acid Mothers Temple
“Reliquary for a dreamed Of World” is an
incredible release from 11PARANOIAS. It sees the band raise their
already impressive game to another plane with a cosmic onslaught on the senses
that makes all other psychedelic doom bands sound like Oasis in comparison. This is the
album that should make the band member’s other
achievements irrelevant; what matters is that they were involved in the
creation of this monumental record.
