Another double album and one I have been anticipating for years. Elysian Blaze's new album 'Blood Geometry' is one of those albums that has been about six years in the making. Maybe it was due to their label closing down and that's why it has taken till now to finally come out, but I was beginning to think this album would never see the light of day. Thankfully Osmose Productions picked this album which probably turned out to be a win for Mutatiis in the end.
What you get here is an album that envisions chaos, destruction, but with a sound that feels a bit condensed to make you think that you are in a temple so dark that you can't see the stone walls and ceilings caving in slowly before rushing in. You can only feel yourself being crushed. The sound of these riffs is just that, noisy thuds slowly belting into walls before they can cause everything to rumble, fall and crash quickly to a hill of rubble. Sometimes tremolo riffs will simmer in the background and come off like dirt and dust spilling down the hill of rubble. But the riffs can even become sorrowful (midway in 'Sigils That Beckon Death' for example), which reflects the sad side to all the devastation taking place.
The interesting thing though is that the cold and chilling piano and synth work on this opus feel as though they are orchestrating this disaster. When the chaos comes in, it is the piano and synths that stand out the most and when the quiet moments arrive, they provide the soundtrack for the view from above that slowly pans over the landscape of destruction. It sounds so dark and haunting and a touch of evil sprinkles from the notes being played.
Just when you think the night will finally become quiet, the chaos returns and all the other temples standing around this area begin to crumble to a million pieces as well, one by one. And again, it is the sprinkling notes of the piano that command this chaos. Sometimes a haunting choir will join in and provide that extra bit of power to force everything to crash down. So eerie.
Mutatiis voice works well in the way that it can feel as though he is playing different roles in this horror. The soft harsh whispers that hang in the background at times remind me of the injured crying for help under the rubble. The harsh yells are the hooded rebellious men who stand on the hills in the distance, cheering proudly and with strong emotion as they watch these temples collapse. Now they can finally build the perfect kingdom where they can worship their dark lords and perform their dark rituals without being bothered by those who believe in fake gods.
'Levitating The Carnal' was like steam slowly rising from heated blood that was oozing down an altar. The blood was then doused on the walls and left there till the stench was strong enough that it had to be taken down. 'Blood Geometry' is the moment when this structure is brought down, but not peacefully. And this wasn't orchestrated by people either, this is a mystery. Perhaps demons, or ghosts, or reapers were involved.
History shows that when new kingdoms form and worship changes hands, it is rarely done peacefully. The two hour long journey of 'Blood Geometry' may be that album to show us the day that true darkness finally takes over the world, only we wont be sleeping under newspaper blankets and eating scraps. We might be wandering the sands and fields, building new kingdoms after the bloodshed from the take over and worshiping the stars and the moon by lighting an enormous bonfire hoping the flames may reach them. Turn your lights out, lay down and let this black ritual haunt you throughout the night. One of the most darkest and haunting black metal albums in years.
Ikil
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