Aborym �Kali Yuga Bizarre�
Scarlet , 1999
Lord Pale :
This album is a bit of a mixed bag of ideas . Essentially it remains somewhere in the blackmetal realm , but incorporates elements of industrial , some clear vocals , some medieval keyboards , some gothic synth , some thrash , and features both snatting vocals and the low snarl of Atilla ( Mayhem session vocalist ) . All the songs have the same kind of feel about them but none truly sound the same . This unfortunately makes the album sound a little disjointed , but on the other hand provides a fair amount of variation as well . Track 4 �Roma Divina Urbs� is an eight minute medieval blackmetal track where as the preceding track �Hellraiser� is a short ambient keyboard piece with Atilla�s crooning vocals creating an eerie sick atmosphere . But that�s not all Track 8 �Metal Stricken Terror Action� is a blackened thrash sing a long style track with chants , whilst track 2 sounds reminiscent of an industrialised Cradle Of Filth . This makes it very hard to review this album as a cohesive whole so I will just review it for the music it presents across the course of it�s 46 minute length . The album has some interesting ideas but they are not pulled off very well and I think Aborym should decide on a distinctive �sound� for their next album instead of trying to cram to much into one disc and focus more on refining the songs that they write instead of just chucking an unexpected style of music in the middle of them . Not bad , not earth shattering .
Favourite Tracks - Roma Divina Urbs ; Horrenda Peccata Christi ; Darka Mysteria
Mark - 6/10 |
