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Band: Trist Trist, the solo-project by former Lunar Aurora-member Tristan (formerly known as Aran), did record three albums before, and Willenskraft, which means power of the will, and which lasts for one hour (six titles!), strongly goes on in the vein of the former one(s). The album opens with the instrumental intro Bewüsstsein (consciousness), a mixture of the sound of a silently waving sea shore and a mesmerizing, dreamy keyboard line. Wagemut (dauntless) opens in an industrial way (with, again, those sea sounds; all songs do start more or less the same way), and then transforms into a cold, underground Black Metal hymn, slow, grim, tortured. This underground sound perfectly darkens the pounding guitar riffs, modest yet kindly supportive rhythm section and deep, haunting screams. Furthermore, the oppressing keyboard lines veil the whole into an atmosphere of victorious (read: somewhat Viking-ish) epic and spiritual knowledge. Zweifel (doubt) is a soundscape too (like the intro), while Herzenswunsch (hearts desire) combines atmospheric parts (with keyboards, piano and, indeed, the sea), with darkening mid-tempo Black Metal. Verhinderer (preventer) is another ambient soundscape (with, besides the shores, some artillery fire to lighten things up), and the final track, Wandlung (transfiguration), combines samples with some faster Black-attacks, completely lacking of modern gadgets and over-produced additions. Filthy, raw, unpolished, nihilistic, straight-forward, Willenskraft is the ultimate soundtrack from the coldest Dimensions of the mind. 88/100 Ivan Tibos. |