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Aderlating, "Gospel of the Burning Idols"
A side band of Maurice De Jong (Gnaw Their Tongues) with Eric from Mowlawner, Aderlating embraces some of the same power electronics/harsh noise sensibilities, but casts them within a different sonic murk, alongside demonic black metal snarls and flailing free jazz drumming. Somehow, those disparate parts work together in ways that sometimes baffle in the best possible way.
"Opening of the Tomb," a fitting introduction, actually encapsulates the best moments of this album.From its simmering bass heavy noise introduction, chiming ritualistic strings and guttural incantations, it manages to stay just on the respectable side of corny.With the slow introduction of marching drums and the mix becoming so chaotic as to devolve into a sprawl of noise in its closing moments, a strong sense of composition is there to be had.
Composition in a more conventional sense shows up on "A Vulture's Tongue Disease" via the droning subterranean electronics, bits of what may be guitar, and oddly distant and brittle drumming.With these components and the monstrous vocals, it actually comes together as a song structurally, while still retaining chaos and rawness.
"Dragged to the Smouldering Pits of Infinity" also takes a more melodic tact, hiding a haunting synth passage beneath chaotic drumming and heavily processed snarls.Probably most complex is "Spewed on by Slaves of Inhumanity," with its immediate distorted kick drum introduction and siren like melodies.Amidst the thin, bitcrushed noise and acidic cymbals, a notable, but hazy musicality arises, nicely paired with some hyperkinetic, jazz like drumming throughout.
From the intentionally vulgar song titles to the "16th century woodcarvings meets Photoshop" art design, Gospel of the Burning Idols is presented in a way to stay entrenched in the death industrial/black metal scene, which belies the moments of genuine innovation that can be heard.While it certainly has a sound consistent with these often stigmatized genres, it does not stay rooted in the clichés and instead spreads outward into lesser traveled concepts and ideas.
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