1997
"Landscape Symphonies"
1997
When I took this CD I was somewhat surprised. On the front
cover there is a splendid castle pictured (or photographed?) in red
tones for some reason. Could it be blood covering the ground
in an endless stream? Especially if you turn the CD and look on the
back cover which is made to imitate Emperor's cover "In the Nightside
Eclipse". But after having pressed the button "play" I was really
disappointed. Music is something made in vein of early
Theatre of Tragedy's stuff being framed in Black Metal's area
during some tracks. Mephistopheles've written in the booklet:
This album is dedicated to the eternal beauty of
nature. What do the grim mugs covered with
grease-paint do there?
If THIS attributes are to be used with band stuff it
should be corroborated by quite appropriate music to THIS environment.
But the sounding is far from Black Metal. While this record has been
performed by only two men Nordischer Kunstler and Xenien with
drum-machine, what were other three men (pictured on the cover) doing
during the recording? Despite a rather good sounding, I don't like
theirs stupid commercial entourage. This is annoying as well as
used primitive lyrics.
February, 2001
Review by Vetrarnott
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