No Serpents, No Saviors

Orme

The album resonate with a deep, brooding energy, gradually intensifying as if ancient forces are coming to life. Riffs build like tectonic shifts, heavy and deliberate, while the percussion thunders in the background, echoing the footsteps of something massive and unstoppable rising from the depths. As the album progresses, the intensity grows, reaching crescendos that feel like the giant shaking off centuries of silence. It’s a sound both majestic and ominous, one that lingers, leaving listeners in awe of the sheer scope and magnitude of this sonic journey. It’s the sound of something colossal stirring back to life, a testament to forces that are timeless and primal.
October 4, 2024

From Bandcamp, “ORME truly go for the jugular with “No Serpents, No Saviors,” so you best protect your ears and your neck! The trio present a lengthy and challenging sonic maelstrom, but compared to their previous offerings, this is ORME's most urgent performance and immediate composition so far.” There is only one song on the album, and it is very lengthy, over 20 minutes long. It begins with slow, deep, crushing tones, that are dowtuned all the way into Hell. The vocals don’t come in until after the two-minute mark, and they are very cold and sterile in their delivery. It spends a good deal of the time thick in the muck, and covered in mud.

It slows to a quiet passage after the six-minute mark, and then the sound roars back like waking giant who decided to just close his eyes and go back to bed. From there, it begins a steady march with plenty of cymbal crashes, and anger picks up within the vocals. Eerie leads begin to pepper the landscape, bringing layers to the song. It slows again, and this time rebuild with soft keys and spoken words. The sleeping giant is fully awake now, and begins to take steps outside his door. He lumbers across the barren landscape until he reaches green, then his pace quickens. He is coming.

To summarize, the album resonate with a deep, brooding energy, gradually intensifying as if ancient forces are coming to life. Riffs build like tectonic shifts, heavy and deliberate, while the percussion thunders in the background, echoing the footsteps of something massive and unstoppable rising from the depths. As the album progresses, the intensity grows, reaching crescendos that feel like the giant shaking off centuries of silence. It’s a sound both majestic and ominous, one that lingers, leaving listeners in awe of the sheer scope and magnitude of this sonic journey. It’s the sound of something colossal stirring back to life, a testament to forces that are timeless and primal.

8 / 10

Excellent

Songwriting

8

Musicianship

8

Memorability

8

Production

8
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"No Serpents, No Saviors" Track-listing:

1. No Serpents, No Saviors

 

Orme Lineup:

Jimmy Long – Bass, Didgeridoo

Luke Thelin – Drums

Tom Clements – Guitars, Vocals

 

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