{"id":8935,"date":"2015-08-07T17:30:27","date_gmt":"2015-08-07T21:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/?p=8935"},"modified":"2015-08-07T17:33:19","modified_gmt":"2015-08-07T21:33:19","slug":"charnel-house-voiceless-hymns-c70","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/existest.org\/ee_v3\/?p=8935","title":{"rendered":"Charnel House – Voiceless Hymns C70"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"RELEASE-106-group\"<\/a>Charnel House – Voiceless Hymns C70<\/b><\/p>\n

Auris Apothecary<\/a><\/p>\n

Voiceless Hymns<\/i> is essentially a compilation of instrumentalist Adam Sommers’ work before his collaboration with vocalist Priestess Hellfire<\/u> over two major pieces of music – a Self-Titled<\/i> album and a split with a band called Agakus<\/u>. As such, it has all the charm of a demo including inconsistent recording quality, tape machine flaws and other unintended recording artifacts – necessary naivete. So these charming recordings contrast significantly with Charnel House<\/u>‘s current sound. <\/p>\n

The Self Titled<\/i> side can be divided into two type of tracks – drum-less drone metal and blast beat safaris. For the former category, “Abominable”, the first track on Side A, grumbles forth from a softly howling guitar that has a bit of a SunnO)))<\/u> flair to it while “Contristo” uses a drone boxed in a distant reverb to achieve its atmosphere. The other tracks are oriented around blast-beats and throw guitars and bass into the mix in a variety of configurations. The drums in particular, are recorded in different ways that really help define the tracks as opposed to the riffs. “From Flies’ Wings” creates tension using Burzum<\/u> tinged dissonance and pairs it with another riff that levitates somewhere between. Taken together, the recordings are a wilderness with lots of interesting bits of psychedelia tucked throughout.<\/p>\n

I think that this recording might be a first listen for a lot of people which is cool, because Charnel House<\/u>‘s current sound is a little too gawdy-jewlery, skulls and weed smoke doom metal for my liking and Princess Hellfire<\/u>‘s vocals don’t do it for me on their more recent albums like Black Blood<\/i>. Or maybe that’s your thing…as a mostly instrumental project, however, Voiceless Hymns<\/i> achieves the beginnings of a project that could really stand on its own. Auris Apothecary<\/i>, unsurprisingly and cleverly, packages this affair in a silk-screened canvas bag and with a small vial of bone fragments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Composition:<\/td>\n\"★\"\"★\"\"★\"\"☆\"\"☆\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sounds:<\/td>\n\"★\"\"★\"\"★\"\"½\"\"☆\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Production Quality:<\/td>\n\"★\"\"★\"\"★\"\"☆\"\"☆\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Concept:<\/td>\n\"★\"\"★\"\"★\"\"☆\"\"☆\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Packaging:<\/td>\n\"★\"\"★\"\"★\"\"★\"\"☆\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Overall Rating:<\/td>\n\"★\"\"★\"\"★\"\"½\"\"☆\" <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Charnel House – Voiceless Hymns C70
\n Auris Apothecary
\nVoiceless Hymns is essentially a compilation of instrumentalist Adam Sommers’ work before his collaboration with vocalist Priestess Hellfire over two major pieces of music – a Self-Titled album and a split with a band called Agakus. As such, it has all the charm of a demo including inconsistent recording quality, tape machine flaws and other unintended recording artifacts – necessary naivete. So these charming recordings contrast significantly with Charnel House‘s current sound.
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