Gegrepen Door De Geest Der Zielsontluiking
Eisenwald Tonschmiede - Eisen178
180g black vinyl, RED foil edition. Limited to 750 copies.
First Press with handmade cover with window-die cut & colored foil, printed on reverse board. Printed inner-bag on uncoated stock, all sleeves printed with additional images inside. Old-school A4 insert with lyrics and artwork on uncoated paper, additional white poly-lined inner-sleeve, download of the album on a specially designed card.
Guided by a spirit of self-transcendence, Fluisteraars sought to indulge in a deep current of animalistic urge. From murky depths to the high towers of the soul, “Gegrepen…” is an exaltation of a new language, a breaking down of barriers and revaluation of underlying routine. Utilizing a minimalist and spontaneous recording style proved fruitful in this endeavor: only doing one take of every instrument, only recording the natural acoustics of the room instead of the close-up registration of sound so ingrained in modern production. The duo recorded exactly one song each studioday. No overdubs, no synths – they started every day by setting up a new sound palette for each song.
This focus on creative process becomes abundantly clear when opener ‘Het Overvleugelen der Meute’ immediately bursts out towards the listener in a torrent of extrasensory vision. It does not take long before the trademark compositional competence the band is known for comes into clear focus: the tempest clouds part ways and exquisite melodic lines weave a tapestry of dreamlike imagery. Finally, the listener is lulled into a trancelike percussive meditation before ‘Brand Woedt in mijn Graf’ continues onwards within a realm of strange weightlessness, interjected by forceful moments of downpour. Closer ‘Verscheuring in de Schemering’ is Fluisteraars’ longest song to date, clocking in at more than twenty minutes. A dizzying volley of arrows pierces the mind, but the duo’s quiver never seems to empty. Perhaps the most urgent piece on “Gegrepen”, it’s regenerative quality and injections of free-form improvisation cleanses the soul. If Tangerine Dream decided to record a black metal album, this is what it would sound like.
Fluisteraars states purposefully that “this album is intended as an exaltation of the psyche”. “Gegrepen door de Geest der Zielsontluiking” proves that on this forsaken planet, at least music is able to succeed in this aim.
Atmospheric Black Metal
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