A highly mystical and brooding atmospheric musical adventure.
Prolific but very professional and key label in the development of modern day subterranean, space and dark ambient music, Cryo Chamber, has recently signed a new obscure project titled Metatron Omega, from Serbia. The conceptual background of the project explicitly refers to occult arts and sciences, to kabbalistic symbolism and other esoteric themes linked to extrasensory perceptions. Those references are perfectly illustrated in this highly mystical and brooding atmospheric musical adventure.
The soundscapes are full of droning bass frequencies, sound samples dominated by massive choirs in a liturgical-catacomb-esque mood, dark reverbs and echoing resonances also come to the mix. Huge psychoacoustic effects and efficient sound morphologies that will ravish fans of the genre. The only negative point is the lack of diversity (slow motion sound sculptures with deep choirs from one track to the other. The vibrant, gloomy and religious track “Apotheosis” sums it up well). That said, it does not really disturb the blackened soundtracky beauty of the ambient ceremony.
Gnosis Dei even admits the comparison with a classic release such as The Empty Hollow Unfolds (by Raison d’être). It contains less industrial noises but we are immersed in a feeling of deep quietness/strangeness with relatively similar use of processed religious choirs. Well recommended for fans of Cryo Chamber and masterpieces from Desiderii Marginis, Cities Last Broadcast and Svartsinn.
Gnosis Dei is available on Cryo Chamber.
