Demonologue

K.F.R.

Maxime Taccardi is KFR. KFR hails from Paris, France and has been churning out Black […]
July 24, 2019
K.F.R. - Demonologue album cover

Maxime Taccardi is KFR. KFR hails from Paris, France and has been churning out Black Metal since 2014. KFR, as a name, isn't an abbreviation, but rather stands for kafir, which is a transliteration of the Arabic word for "disbeliever." KFR released two albums on May 31 this year, "Demonologue" and "L'Enfer à sa source" (hell at its source). I am sure there is some significance to this, or maybe the lack of significance is the significance in itself.

How to describe "Demonologue"? Well, it isn't really an album you'd jam to while navigating the freeway, and you probably wouldn't listen to it on your headphones while in the office working on spreadsheets and clearing emails, though that would be completely hilarious. It's more of an explore-an-abandoned-lunatic-asylum-on-a-moonless-night album. I am pretty sure if you play this album while using a Ouija board, you will immediately summon Lucifer, or one of his lesser known but more pissed off denizens. Some of those denizens, in fact, have songs dedicated to them on this very album.

As a Black Metal album, the recording is purposefully lo-fi with a heavy atmospheric fog. The music is a cacophony of offsetting, discordant, and disturbing sounds that takes a certain kind of talent to achieve and a certain ear to appreciate. The lyrics? Who the hell knows? (No pun intended). As far as I could ascertain, they consist of some growly meanderings in French or English or ancient Sumerian about darkness, death, and the evil that lurks under your bed.

With that said, I do actually have some favorite tracks from this album. "Prélude à l'Exterminatuer," the shortest song on the album, is a tight cohesive movement. Unlike a lot of ambient black metal, you know when this song begins and ends. It leads in with doomish riffs which build for half of the track before making way for a tidal rush of grey noise and guttural vocalizations, ending in a nice feedback loop. "Abaddon" is another intriguing track that pulls off several dissonant inflections. There is a lot of clear synth work on this track, the most moving of which is the deep, bottom heavy finale which lasts a full minute.

"Demonologue" isn't the last thing you want to listen to before going to bed alone in an empty house. It may, however, be the perfect soundtrack to your next group reading of the "Necronomicon." Maxime Taccardi is a prolific artist dedicated to his work, and with "Demonologue" he continues to live into his dictum: "No bullshit, no fame, no mtv, no money, no fashion, no compassion, no compromises, no fan, just pure darkness as it was meant to be."

4 / 10

Nothing special

Songwriting

5

Musicianship

3

Memorability

3

Production

4
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"Demonologue" Track-listing:

1. Invocation
2. Asmodée
3. Azazel
4. Prélude à l'exterminateur
5. Abaddon
6. Lucifer
7. La Chute

K.F.R. Lineup:

Maxime Taccardi - Vocals,Bass, Guitars, Drums, Choirs, Synthesizer, Everything

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