Furnace by Lucaslavia
MACRO M70
Death Ambient: Lucaslavia operates on the outer rings of metal, melting its constituent elements into vicious torrents of covert fury. 'Furnace' resembles a field recording from the sixth circle of hell. Despite its deceptively calm initial form, ancient hatreds rage in violent currents just below the leaden surface. Disembodied voices range from whispered malediction to screams of utmost anger, stretched into purgatorial eternities. Gargantuan sonic fortification walls composed of drums, ripping sheets of distorted guitar, hissing residue of steel and stone blasted apart build threatening levels of intensity. The only deceptive respite comes from what appears to be the faint mechanical creaking emanating from the inexorable and towering installations found in the engine room of boundless pain.
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nominee, Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik award 2023
Tracklist
| 1. | Mazoron | 1:31 |
| 2. | Raphalut | 4:19 |
| 3. | Calax | 6:35 |
| 4. | Taminon | 1:38 |
| 5. | Qanath | 2:53 |
| 6. | Piron | 2:57 |
| 7. | Margaleth | 3:39 |
| 8. | Ignis | 3:46 |
| 9. | Alboreus | 6:38 |
| 10. | Dameth | 1:25 |
| 11. | Belgalic | 3:20 |
Credits
Written & produced by Stefan Goldmann.
Mastered by Rashad Becker.
Artwork by Gustave Dore.
Design by Viet Hoa Le.
BLOW UP (IT) 'A magma of distorted frequencies and metallique resonances ... music that seems to emanate from some circle of hell like sulfurous gas'
MUSIC MAP (IT) 'A journey into the underworld […] a relentless succession of aggressive and pained guitar distortion, pounding percussion and violent sonorities, as if some denizen of the satanic realm is clinging to the listener’s neck.' (Piergiuseppe Lippolis)
NEUE ZEITSCHRIFT FÜR MUSIK (DE) 'No less convincing is Goldmann's ability to model the sounds he uses organically and take them in directions that one would hardly expect.'(Reinhard Kager)
OX MAGAZINE (DE) 'A meditation on misanthropy and nihilism... brutal... sudden bouts of madness... furious eccentricity'
BAD ALCHEMY (DE) 'Blutrausch… infernalisches Fauchen'
RNE3 (ES) 'Gigantic walls of sound made up of drums, distorted guitar slices or hissing residues of steel resulting in threatening levels of intensity.'
A CLOSER LISTEN (UK) 'A metal onslaught.'
