| CD REVIEW Furze |
|
|
Band: Furze One-man project Furze once started as Cursed, then it became Woe J. Reaper, named after the Norwegian guy behind this project, and finally Furze. As from 1996 on, Furze released many interesting things: several demos, nice EP’s and three (excellent) full lengths: Trident Autocrat (2000), Necromanzee Cogent (2003) and UTD (2007). Interesting fact: Mister Reaper did work/ works with a fine bunch of session sweeties, amongst whom Frost (yes, the one from Satyricon, 1349 and many, many other superior Norwegian bands) and Desecrator (Krypt, Endezzma, Tsjuder). Reaper Subconscious Guide lasts for forty four minutes (five tracks only) and differs from the past. Not that much, because Mister Reaper has his own characteristics, but this album might be the most disturbing, the most hallucinogenic, and the most Doom-inspired one to date. It comes with a sound that is rather specific: dry, primitive, rough, unpolished, and at the same time evil, psychedelic and haunting. Damn, this is so f*cking fitting to the retrogressive tracks. And what’s more: this album is a dedication to (the early years of) Black Sabbath and therefore, at the same time, enormously less Nordic Black Metal-oriented than ever before. What’s more, Furze even introduces xylophone-alike sounds, clean harmony chants, and Punk-riffs, all in one, one in all. Other interfaces, besides Sabbath: Hellhammer, Venom, Mercyful Fate, that kind of stuff indeed… Well, Reaper Subconscious Guide is apart and different, it’s unusual, it’s unique, and it is worth trying! Creepy and weird, obscure and paranoid… Black-edged (*) and psychotropic Doom from the Abyss… [(*) no blackish screams, unless backing-directed] 80/100 Ivan Tibos. |
