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MURDEROUS VISION: The Times Without Gods Release year: 2002 Format: CD Tracklist: 1: I Must Set This World Aflame 06:36 Total Length: 59:39 min General Facts: Murderous Vision was formed in 1994 and its only member today is Stephen B. Petrus. The Times Without Gods is his fourth album and it is described as Dark Ambient/Death Industrial. Murderous Vision also has a split planned with Kuru on the American label Death Aesthetics. Review: The Times Without Gods starts up with a drone piece constituted around a howling sound and a calm string section. The opening minutes says pretty much of how the remainder of the album is going to sound. This is very homogenous Dark Ambient music that gently pulls the listener into the realm of obscure dreams. It is ravisihing and soothing, yet at the same time extremly dark and creepy. The music is built on a foundation of multiple drones that seems to twirling around each other in a mesmerising fashion. At times the music becomes more serene and melancholic, like for example in The Cries of Mankind. Yet my general impression of this album is that it has a rather twisted nature. Songs like The Blood on Your Hands, The Only Answer and A Crimson Offering makes me think of the wicked outbursts of Schloss Tegal and MZ 412. I guess it is the evil-depicting voice manipulations along with pitch-black ambience which is encouraging this comparison. Otherwise, the music itself isn't very obtuse when it comes to harshness of the sounds, it is in fact rather nice to have in the background while relaxing with closed eyes. It hasn't got many surprises so it establish a very dark, homogenous atmosphere that is allowed to last. I recommend this to fans of Schloss Tegal, MZ 412 or Ain Soph etc. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Five questions to Murderous Vision ECTONAUT: Please introduce your project to the Ortus Obscurum readers. For how long have you been doing this and for what reason? ECTONAUT: Tell us something about the tracks on the reviewed release. Did you work with specific methods when you composed them? Is there a concept behind this release or anything else interesting that you think we should know about this release? ECTONAUT: How would you describe your music to completely new listeners? Do you feel that your project belongs to a certain genre? Are there any bands that you think you can relate to soundwise and conceptwise? ECTONAUT: What is most important in music according to you? How do you define quality music and what are your musical influences? ECTONAUT: What plans do you have for the future? Are there any new releases planned? Anything else you would like to add? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Click here to enter the Murderous Vision MP3.com site - Click here to contact Stephen Petrus |
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