So lets get to my main and only complaint about this release, the vocals. Interesting use of single note, simple progressions, wail and vibrate in melancholy tone to add atmospheric texture; giving the listener the feeling of seeing an autumn sunset, realizing that the warm comfort of the summer sun has departed and will not return for some time. Anyone who has read Poe's tale of Mystery and Imagination knows what I mean, so I won't insist on the analogy. glad psk. Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. What is first to be said is that this is an experience type album. Format: Digital Media, Year: 2016, Label: [no label], Length: 1:08:18 There is liberty in releasing demos. It is quiet more often than loud. i would describe this work as an "intelligent death metal". Slower passages are greeted by mid pace riffs by the middle and then towards the end we're back to slowly driven soundscapes that depict a number of emotions. Very few metal musicians are able to put a sound to something that is distinctly Eastern Orthodox. 2018, CD, Nuclear War Now! The title of this review says it all about this album. . Wrest has made full use of this liberty throughout his career. Leviathan has released some brilliant music before and after this album, but this is still quite likely the best thing he has ever done. Fastened to the Five Points 08:32 Disco Completo: Bandcamp - Youtube 2005 Funeral Doom Black Metal Ambiental Nice gatefold! This album exists for the listener to analyze, feel, and observe, but not to "bond" with it's creator. Just the emptiness. would love to own this on vinyl. A cold, high-pitched metallic sounding noise fades throughout you, almost like the knife you use to slice your veins open, sadly singing to you to let the blood fall and your mortal life fade away As two guitars begin playing a sad, lonely melody over mid-paced drums. Ready and waiting to wash away the lives and souls of the scared. Piercing Where They Might 06:12 3. Well, in hindsight of your review I'll have another listen when I get home, but I won't be expecting much. When suicide enters everyday consciousness, perspectives unknown to "balanced" persons not only come to life, but take priority; because once life itself ceases to have value, what is there left that could have meaning? Name your price . Minions 09:32 5. Hell, I might as well make a habit of this in the future. The other half of the time, its a 70s horror movie taking place in space! .:. This style of vocals is acceptable on one song, but not all 9 tracks. It is very diverse in its structure: its first part (conditionally) is etched in memory with some cosmic reverberation howls and a very heartfelt solo guitar, the sound of which is rectified to the classics of electronic music. 2005: Lurker of Chalice (Total Holocaust Records) Demos. by NightOnDrunkMountain USER ( 14 Reviews) February 16th, 2020 | 4 replies Release Date: 2020 | Tracklist Review Summary: Some fans will probably dig it. I'd gone into Lurker of Chalice II feeling decent, and ultimately came out of it feeling fucking miserable. This demo spans all of those genres rather evenly, and in a well-executed way. The previous riff from "I" starts again. Though thats not to say Wrest doesnt show his black metal roots, but they are only complimentary to the piece in this case, and not the main focus. The vocals are basically Wrest talking with some distortion and echo effects behind it. A formation date is unknown, but the first demo surfaced in 2001. On occasion wrest will break into progressive beats similar in style to those he used for Leviathan and previously Gifthorse, though the aggression is toned down to suit the atmosphere. Very few metal musicians are able to put a sound to something that is distinctly Eastern Orthodox. Hear some of this band, not quite sure what to think. Mastering SID Code: IFPI LY89 For Wrest, if he wanted help he'd ask, but if he cannot see an answer then your answer is worthless to him as well. Sometimes Albunack is unable to find a good match to a Discogs release but you may be able to see a good match so it allows you to provide a link to any Discogs release via the button. Discography Members Reviews Similar Artists The most noticeable influence from leviathan is Wrests drumming style. share. Little crackle on side a but cleaned up nice and sounds like a dream. The acoustic guitar slowly begins strumming again and the drums come back in with that beginning distorted spinning sound. At least at first. And it should be worth noting that despite how long it's been since this band was stolen, the version that's been touring North America is the stolen Batushka, not the original. Jef 'Wrest' Whitehead already had a solo project to express his agonies with Leviathan, and the fact that he decided to don another title simultaneously with Lurker of Chalice should be hint enough that he was setting his sights differently with these recordings. I - This is the albums introduction and it starts off with a ritualistic sort of drumming with haunting keyboards over top. Looking for weird, spacey, psychedelic extreme music. Clicking on the affiliate links above may result in this site earning a commission on purchases. Productions (Reissue) Next Last This Blood Falls As Mortal pt 3 7. This Albunack discography lists all releases groups by Lurker of Chalice (e7969596-ab01-4a66-b969-32cb0798eacf) where they are credited as the only release artist and releases by the equivalent Discogs artist (416422). The songs on the "Lurker of Chalice" album are mostly slow, however, in the best case (for die hard metalheads) they are funeral doom metal in the vein of (early) Unholy. Granite 9. I 02:09 2. Presents Paramnesia 6. This song is especially catchy. Album Rating: 5.0The dreamy way the riffs progress through the songs, the inhuman vocals, the perfect samples. The style of vocals suits the music, but hey, he could have done some high-pitched shrieks, I'm sure that would have suited the music as well. Paramnesia 04:08 6. Anyone else have an anoying noise ( like a " tshhh " ), at every spin ? Album Rating: 5.0I don't care what people say. (Death metal, THE FALL OF MOTHER EARTH (Dark/Doom/Post black), Scott Kelly (Neurosis) retires from music, Progarchives.com progressive rock ultimate website, JazzMusicArchives.com the ultimate jazz music online community, MetalMusicArchives.com the ultimate metal music online community. They stop suddenly and begin playing a melodic riff, followed by two high pitched guitars. Made in USA, Matrix / Runout: ANTIGOTH477 6745-CD-3559 19-346-10-2 They slowly fade out Wrest conjures a wide variety of dynamics here, from dissonant black metal to funeral doom, dark ambient and soft noise. Album Rating: 5.0It does, friend. Nonetheless, I fully reccomend this release to anyone who has heard Lurker Of Chalice and feels as though there should be more material available. Lurker of Chalice discography and songs: Music profile for Lurker of Chalice, formed 2001. As an observation any musically acknowledged band who doesn't embrace and put across a certain degree of phantasmagory with their creation is prone to failure. It could be said that this is just the original finishing of the black metal composition, but the fact is that it seems to be true Lurker of Chalice. Please ensure you are already logged into the MusicBrainz website before attempting to link or import a release or it will not work. With a resonating guitar fading in and out along with an insane, unsettling howling. Mould SID Code: IFPI L821. It really does make sense for Lurker Of Chalice to be a separate project, as its an ambient album that sounds like it the soundtrack to a 70s horror movie (he even got the drum sound to get that 70s style production!) Albunack provides artist discographies by bringing together two of the largest music information databases MusicBrainz and Discogs.This information is stored on a dedicated server giving fast and reliable service, Albunack is used to power the SongKong and Jaikoz music tagger applications. Vicious funeral doom from Portugal, Ossadas hammers away like a rain of comets, fiery & relentless. This is both delightfully and unfathomably: a heavy and monotonous atmosphere generates suspense or suspense generates this dead atmosphere? It is pure misery; those looking for an escape from the strains and heartbreaks of life will find no refuge here. Suddenly it stops to an acoustic guitar strumming and industrial sounding percussion, with the drifting keyboards playing in the background. The best of Wrest! In the meantime, it will be noted that black metal from Lurker of Chalice is quite strange. One of the few albums where you truly feel the grief of the artist. Subscribe; Subscribers; Last updated on 2019-01-23 01:00 UTC You either get fully asimilated by it from the first listen, or you won't enjoy it ever, it wasn't made for you, it doesn't resound with your artistic chord. The self-titled record was something that I could seriously relate to. Paramnesia - A sort of spinning, distorted noise fades in and an odd, disgusting sounding acoustic song begins playing. Does anyone have a high resolution image of the original Lurker of Chalice album artwork? Lurker of Chalice is going to scare a good percentage of unsuspecting listeners and possibly offend a few genre purists, but this album holds buried secrets that are worth unearthing with repeated listenings, preferably on headphones. To find an album of this nature is rare. This is the only negative review I found on the internet from this monster until now. The ambiance of what I presume the keyboards create, builds solid foundations on every track. Then the slow, doomy guitars start playing along with the bass, still playing the rock melody which slowly fades out This one from Discogs is only 333x338, and still not very . Piercing Where They Might 3. This reissue (since I'm reviewing the re-release) happens to be another project of one of our favourite anti-social isolationist black metal men, that being Wrest of the famed Leviathan. He took the most atmospheric and experimental elements of Leviathan and fleshed them out, making quite possibly one of the scariest albums I have ever heard. Lurker of Chalice is the title of two releases by the ambient black metal band Lurker of Chalice, the first being a 2002 demo and the second being a read more Similar Albums Aq'ab'al Volahn 1,835 listeners Northsuite Velvet Cacoon 8,524 listeners Within the Vacuum of Infinity. And suddenly acoustic guitars begin strumming and Wrest begins singing, his voice sounding lonely and forgotten. : Limited edition Label: Total Holocaust Records Format: CD Limitation: 1000 copies Reviews: 9 reviews (avg. Vocals aside, this is a solid release, with good, interesting songs that are well played and complex. Album Rating: 5.0One of Crysis' finer moments, for sure.. Instrumentally and in terms of the vocals, Lurker Of Chalice is very focused in delivering. They, which I refer to all one man bands as, had me hooked from finish to end. I used to fall asleep to this every night when life just suxed. Every song on this full-length contains it's own special atmosphere, created solely for it's own purpose. 2001: L.O.C. That's always been the way I've pictured depression, and it might go to show why I have approached Lurker of Chalice's one and only masterwork as being notably aquatic in its atmosphere. I don't know what would be worse, if there were no vocals on it or if the vocals were done the way they are. is the alter ego of Wrest / Leviathan. Granite 9. When it comes to the 90s/2000s is Scandinavian metal far superior than American metal? No superb technique. Overall, what was to tell, has been told. Album Rating: 2.0 | Sound OffYeah the intro is fine. Minions 5. a b drengskap: Reviews: Lurker of Chalice - Lurker of Chalice (Abgerufen am . The music stops and a haunting choir-sounding keyboard drift away. i would describe this work as an "intelligent death metal". I found my copy of this today and it's 777 of 777. Lurker Of Chalice Discogs; Lurker of Chalice; Metal Archives; Rateyourmusic; View all relationships; Editing. 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One of the things I liked most about that album was the way Wrest would balance out his rageful displays with hazy passages that sounded like they were in the first stages of a Barbiturates overdose. The pace quickens alittle more as the guitars play one chord and stop suddenly to a very beautiful, serene keyboard melody, like the haunting echo of a female spirit. The vocals, which are the singing, and the howling, and screech / gritting, and something else, seem to be more instrument than voice, as it is, by the way, common in experimental music. On my first listen to it, I felt uninterested by it. Everything seems to be pulling you up towards the heavens. Complete masterpiece. There are no solos in this album. To be completely honest, I'd probably choose this album over Leviathan any day. The rest is a problem though. porcelainheart-, Bandcamp Dailyyour guide to the world of Bandcamp, On Her Haunting Solo Work, Vastums Leila Abdul-Rauf Explores the Darkness, 93696 is Liturgy at Their Most Maximalist. I've enjoyed almost everything I've heard from Leviathan, but my favourite parts were always the times Wrest would get abstract or ambient with his despondence. It is this "expression" that many in the abyss turn to; history has given us many artists of all disciplines, whose anguish has been channeled, and brought to a life of it's own in the ironic twist of the anger towards life for which it was inspired. Lurker Of Chalice are basically a continuation of the experimentation of Leviathan into doom metal, ambient, noise, electronica, gothic rock, and folk rock territories. Try a different filter or a new search keyword. 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