AB
IMO PECTORE
'The Dissociative Path'
(Debemur Morti)
By design this is a cassette tape release, limited to 100 copies.
Thanks to the wonders of the internet I was given a download link
from the label, thus being spared on the task of repairing the old
tape deck (something I should have done a year or so ago), or dusting
off the tried and trusted walkman, the very one responsible for
nights and days and nights again of zillion listens to Sigh's 'Scorn
Defeat','Hvis Lyset..', 'Under A Funeral Moon' and all that jazz. Go
on - laugh and call me a troglodyte but to an extend I'm pleased the
underground metal getting back to its roots, the tape format. So, a
demo this is and demos were intended to be a 'snapshot' of the band,
raising awareness of their style, sound and future potential.
Considering this, Ab Imo Pectore is a band worth of their salt,
working with the dizzying textures and atmosphere introduced by the
more experimental, 'left-field', black/post-black metal bands the
world has already seen its fair share of. At times 'The Dissociative
Path' does sound like an uneven clash of influences, demanding the
full attention of the listener without awarding much results in the
end, yet the good ideas and execution prevailing the bad ones, if
only just. They're onto something with these various vocal styles
they're using and I did enjoy the quasi-Mysticum vibe of 'Mass Grave
Emanations' for example, but there's hard work lying ahead for the
Portuguese lot if they're to achieve the fully compelling, hypnotic
and trance-like effect they're hinting on via the better parts of the
presented songs. [6]
(Vladimir Petrov)
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