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Dissonance
is king in the third effort of Italian satanists
Tenebrae In Perpetuum. Sure, that’s nothing out of the
ordinary in these days of atonal abundance but when the
dissonance goes against everything that’s alike the
smeared un-rocking sounds of leftfield bands like Blut
Aus Nord, what we get is a wicked mix of the old and the
new, the traditional and the experimental. The music of
Tenebrae In Perpetuum can appeal to many forms of BM
fans. As it falls somewhere between straight up raw and
quasi chaotic black metal, it also makes good use of
what I would call anti melodies. It ain’t all about
speed or power. Not all the time anyway. Instead, evil
is perfectly represented through moments of controlled
ugliness and moving stillness.
As the songs
are propelled by regular speedy drum beats, a scuzzed up guitar
sound that’s chilling like an early Argento film moves fast and
swiftly. Some speed metal riffage peppers “Dissoluzione In
Pereghiera”. I quite admire the work of guitarist Atratus. The
riff and changes in the aforementioned song are absolutely
killer.
The vocals of new throat Ildanach are a tad subhuman.
Somewhere between a dragon with pharyngitis and a totally high
pitched Norwegian, the man spews his lines about death,
mysticism and the occult. He is Italian, so maybe he had to
prove he could sing. To that end, clean passages of operatic
ambition are included. These are far and few in between and
that’s to be appreciated as I, personally, don’t like opera in
my metal. That type of ambition usually comes as pretension.
L’Eterno
Maligno Silenzio essentially represents the best and the worst
of three worlds. Mostly, the best. On one hand we have the
relentless hyperspeed of the genre and the layered texture that
adorns the works of the most talented and ambitious. On the other, we have
welcomed experimentation along with awkward purposeful riffage and exhilarating vocals. The slow passages in “Il Mortho
Cthulhu Aspetta Sognando” are a nuanced break from all the
frenetism and allow the listener to sink into the quality finger
work of Atratus. On the other hand, this could have been stellar
had it not included certain operatic passages. As mentioned
before, these do not plague every tune, but even the spoken parts
a la Emperor could have been rid as leftovers.
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