this is awesome.

So, I’ve been thinking about getting this and hoping it’d be all that various reviewers have said–and the time elapsed amounts to almost a year.

Various reviews talk about “intensity,” “disturbing qualities,” and “mind-altering/mind-altered” qualities in the sound. All of this led me to wanting to hear the album. I mean, creepy is the goods, if you ask a fan of black/ambient metal.

Now, in July of 2010, I finally bought in. And I have to say, it’s disturbing, intense, and mind-altering; however, the relentless nature of the “songs” means that it’s full-on chaos for an hour… when, perhaps, some respite from the horror would make the horror that much more effective.

To be honest, I’d categorize my first three listens as, “It’s heavy… but where are the signs of musicality?” I don’t mean that there should be sweet melodies within these compositions, but I do mean that the breathing of music provides the real terror when things get heavy. So few of those breaths appear on this, and the result is not so much aural terror as aural fatigue.

It’s a letdown, especially as all those early reviews scared me… more than the music itself did–or does.

Too bad.

Wow, this stuff must be what Ed Gein was hearing in his head since he was a kid.