Album Type:
Album
Date Released:
October 7th
2014
Label:
Taxi Driver Records
All Things
Merge Into One - track listing:
1.Awareness 07:40
2.The past became my
future 10:30
3.Tormento 02:38
4.Drift away 09:33
5.Bowing to the
mountain 03:20
6.So distant 02:41
Bio
Eremite began at the
end of 2012 as the creation of Fabio Cuomo. His need for a
compositional independence brought him to write on his own “Of Mist
And Fog” (only available online) , a 20 minute
doom/sludge-influenced track.
Thrilled with the
result, Fabio kept on with this project and on March 2013 he released
his first full-length: “Dragonarius”, recorded at Green Fog
Studio by Mattia Cominotto and released by Taxi Driver Records (that
also released in 2014 the self-titled debut album of his other band,
Mope).
“Dragonarius”
received rave reviews from the beginning and Fabio decided he wanted
to play his music live.
Eremite from a
one-man project bacame a band: Fabio Cuomo (drums, vocals), Giulia
Piras (bass) and Leandro Scotto (guitar, also playing in Synodik)
started playing live shows around Italy, sharing the stage with bands
like Chelsea Wolfe, Elder, Jex Thoth, Oranssi Pazuzu and Belzebong.
The excellent and
newfound compositional alchemy between Fabio and Giulia led them to
enter the Green Fog studio again in early 2014 to develop the initial
idea of the project, combining their two souls and creating their
second album: “All Things Merge Into One” recorded, mixed and
mastered by Mattia Cominotto.
The album is out on
October 7th via Taxi Driver Records, in CD and digital format, cover
artwork by Jessica Rassi, and is distributed worldwide via Taxi
Driver Record Store.
Members
Fabio:
drums and vocals
Giulia:
bass
Leandro:
guitar
Review:
Eremite
return with their 2nd album - All Things Merge Into One. It is a
great title for a pulsating and brooding album as Eremite blend
Blackened Sludge Metal with elements of Hardcore and impressive slabs
of all things Metal. Sit back and enjoy this heavy beast as it is
going to take you for a one intense wild ride into the darkness.
Opening
track - Awareness - is a heavy thunderous offering showing Eremite
means business from the start. Heavy slabs of blackened sludge metal
riffs combining with excellent fast-paced drumming. However, Eremite
does add elements of ambient post-rock to the song towards the end.
The vocals may take a few moments getting used to for some listeners.
This is a passionate, dangerous and emotionally dark track to start
the album with.
2nd
Track is the 10:30 minute epic - The Past Became My Future - which
starts with a cold atmospheric guitar solo before the ambient noises
slowly start building up the atmosphere before the dual guitar/drums
of Eremite come screeching in. This can be a very hard song to like
at times as the mood is one of noise, emotion and anger though
Eremite wisely add Neurosis/Isis style passages of Post-Metal though
at a much faster pace. Eremite shows their more creative side here by
adding a sublime piano piece in the middle and it gives this song a
life of its own. You can tell that Eremite have put a lot of thought
into this song as it starts to becomes an emotionally charged bleak
experience.
3rd
Track - Tormento - is a short piano piece, which slows the albums
frantic pace to a standstill. It is another haunting and inventive
track from Eremite. It gives you time to catch your breath before the
4th track - Drift Away - takes you on another epic journey of angry
progressive carnage that takes time to develop before unleashing
heavy slabs of Blackened Sludge/Post-Metal riffs to devour. My advice
is to embrace every moment of this almost 10-minute track, as it is a
well-written and highly intelligent track.
Bowing
to the Mountain maybe one of the albums shortest tracks but it does
not stop it being as loud and as angry as its lengthier counterparts.
It sees Eremite getting straight down to business of playing intense
riffs within a shorter timescale. The progressive edge may have
disappeared but this is a track where you can fully let yourself go
and embrace the heavy pounding riffs that Eremite have created here.
The last track - So Distant - is an ambient piano-based track with a
soothing guitar bringing this album to its natural conclusion. Some
people may complain they wished the album ended on a heavier note;
however, I think it is the best way to end the album, as anything
else would be a great injustice to this excellent album.
Thanks
to Sara Twinn at Taxi Driver Records for sending me a copy to review.
All Things Merge into One is available to buy now from Taxi Driver Records.
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