Album Type: Full Length
Date Released:
15/03/2019
Label: Ritual Productions
“Asterismal” is a powerful distillation
of 11Paranoias strengths that results in their heaviest and most hallucinogenic
release to date. It is another fine addition to a mighty discography that makes
most other doom bands feel tame and grounded in comparison.
“Asterismal” CD//DD//LP track listing:
1).
Loss Portal
2).
Bloodless Crush
3).
Vitrified Galaxy
4).
Prelude
5).
Slow Moon
6).
Quantitative Immortalities
7).
Chambers of Stars
8).
Acoustic Mirror II
The Review:
11Paranoias continue their voyage to
the outer limits of heaviness with new LP “Asterismal”. The UK
“Loss Portal” opens proceedings in
punishing style with the band lurching straight into a mesmerising slow-motion
riff. Once 11Paranoias
raise the tempo around the mid-point and Mike Vest's smouldering guitar sets a
course into the stratosphere there is no resisting the sensory overload of
their full sonic onslaught.
While
there is no doubting the bands mastery of dark, spacey doom it is their
unexpected left turns into uncharted waters that really elevate them above
their peers. “Bloodless Crush” is a
relentless heavy garage rock attack cloaked in a cloud of fuzzed-out solos and
swirling vocals. Imagine the Stooges playing through Electric
Wizard's backline and you have a good idea of the joys on offer
here.
Adam
Richardson's trademark roar is still present but this time around it is
projected further into psychedelic territory, cloaked in layers of smoky reverb
and delay. There are also instances of him employing a more melodic approach to
great effect, adding a haunting, mournful edge to album highlight “Slow Moon”. The hulking, funereal first
half of the track gives way to a propulsive second section that launches into
oblivion like Earthless
having a bad trip with Joy Division. “Quantitative Immortalities” takes a similar slow / fast split approach
but this time the high octane finale powers into the heart of the sun like an
armour-plated Hawkwind
on one final flight into the beyond. “Chamber
Of Stars” offers an initially subdued finale with waves of hazy wah guitar
conjuring up the bleary, blissed out haze of Bardo Pond before one last
glorious wave of noise engulfs all.
“Asterismal” is a powerful
distillation of 11Paranoias
strengths that results in their heaviest and most hallucinogenic
release to date. It is another fine addition to a mighty discography that makes
most other doom bands feel tame and grounded in comparison.
“Asterismal” is available HERE
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