Blestem
Colosus
One man bands, in general way, are works that some people use to express their own feelings in a musical way, due a deeper comprehension of what they want to reach with it, and how they want it. Sometimes, in a band, it's extremely difficult to reach this result. So a multi-instrumental guy or girl uses their own musical knowledge to create their music. And it seems clearly that COLOSUS' case is this one, due "Blestem", the first album of this Krhudd's project is a masterpiece.
Playing Black Metal in a harsh way with a more experimental approach, the result is a musical work with very good taste, sounding morbid and oppressive, but it's gracious and elegant. No doubt it can really be considered one of the best albums of this year, and your Ol' Big Daddy here is not kidding. Mixing very good orchestrations, vocals in harsh ways, bass and drums in their due places and playing heavy. And they always keep a somber and oppressive atmosphere.
The sound production is in a good level, keeping a harsh and crude feeling, but with elegant and melancholic approach. All the instruments can be heard separately one from the others, in their due places, and all arrangements are clear.
All tracks are excellent, fruit of a great effort, with very long songs (only the introduction "Desertaciune" and "Blestem" are the shortest ones, around four minutes each one), the great highlights are the full of variations and oppressive "Mormant" (very good vocals and experimental electronic effects), "La Apus" (a bit more climatic and darkened in some moments, but pulsing with aggressiveness on vocals), and the version for COLDWORK's "Red Snow", that is more atmospheric, harsh and aggressive, but elegant, full of excellent tempo variations and guitar riffs.
This album is great, no doubt about this!<
10 / 10
Masterpiece
"Blestem" Track-listing:
1. Desertaciune
2. Mormant
3. Intuneric
4. Blestem
5. Dorinta
6. La Apus
7. Red Snow (ColdWorld cover)
8. Pustiu
Colosus Lineup:
Krhudd - All instruments, Vocals
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