| CD REVIEW Srodek |
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Band: Srodek Sweden’s Srodek is a solo-project by Jon ‘Necrofucker’ Bäcklund, formerly known from Eldrit or Död, and involved as well with Svarti Loghin. The project saw the light (or is it: it tried to kill the light) as from 2007 and the past efforts have only been exposed within a limited underground scene. Förfall lasts for thirty seven minutes and starts with a hypnotic intro. As from "Bleak", the first ‘real’ track, you might hear a similarity to Svarti Loghin, at least when it comes to the coldness and desperate grimness of the song. The anti-modern, rather repetitive riffs and rhythm section are comparable to earlier Burzum as well, and bands like Forgotten Woods, Shining, Draugar or early Lifelover. It’s minimalism with depth, it’s simplicity with many hidden levels. The five main tracks, clocking between five and seven minutes, do not vary that much, yet at the other hand they never bore either, in spite of the mesmerizing continuity. Like the intro ("Echoes From The Past"), the nameless outro is shorter that the Metal songs, but very fitting to the album. This seal is somewhat eccentric with those morbid electronic strings. Srodek aren’t as superior as higher mentioned comparisons, yet at least this project comes close to that superior level. 88/100 Ivan Tibos. |
