DEADLY CARNAGE “Through the Void, Above the Sun”

Self Released, 2018

Music: Black Metal

Website: https://www.facebook.com/DeadlyCarnage/

Duration: 45:23 minutes (9 tracks)

Country: Italy

Deadly Carnage, started out as a Black Metal band in the year 2005 have evolved a lot, both sonically and lyrically. They wrote a record which not only sounds great but also flow nicely towards the end with a beautiful concept. This time around they brought us, Through the Void, Above the Sun which flaunts 9 tracks which pretty much sums up the stylistic inclination of the band.

The concept is simple and clear. It’s about cosmos. As per the band, There is a sacred geometry in the whispers of the strings, creating music in the space between spheres, take a journey through the Void, above the Suns. Start to inhale quantic hummings, vibrating, chaotic energy fills the void following the first information given: Birth, Create. Where no eye can create Matter with his sight, the real fabric of the universe create the basic pillars of the existence: the Hyle, in bright giant furnaces. And Cosmos can be called like so, following a second law: Procreate. So light trasmits the data of life. Light, Lumis, Light. Cosmos is living, Cosmos is breathing. And we are through Streams of Shine. Eye that creates Matter at sight, Matter that bends time at will, then Cosmos duplicate himself to be aware of his own potential. Segments, Ifenes, portions of frozen spacetime. A view of a giant infinite fractalized universal Tree, where every branches are a pulse of a Divide in the storming dusts of time. From infinite possibilities, universe create a multiverse, channeling in this line of spacetime. This is the choosen path. Cosmos is living, Cosmos is breathing. And all goes to repeat where dilute gases uniform to the void, time’s exhale: End, Entropy. Cosmos is living, then he follows the third and last order given: Destroy, dragging its charm of absolute emptiness. But we are a single breathe of his quantic lung, feeling again a geometry, whispers inside spheres. We are travelling inside his body to keep it alive. Universe needs a conscious sentient being from the essence of stars. Cosmos is living. Cosmos is breathing. And we are through Streams of Shine.

Now that the concept is clear, the next one to tackle are the tracks. The songs are arranged in such a way that the lyricism flows nicely towards the end. Their sound is your typical Black Metal band playing at mid tempo which kinda smells like Doom mixed with Black metal. At times you get this ambient blackgaze feel which adds an extra hue for the concept they are writing. The tracks when listened in one sitting feels like a story telling where the singing as well as the beautifully laid instrumentation speaks. There are some complications regarding the transitions but the goods overpower the issue and hence making the album a must listen

Deadly Carnage have clearly proven the fact that the band evolves a lot and they tend to challenge themselves in making something new. It’s often impossible to stumble across a concept album as good as this nowadays. Modern music is all about wrapping up a record soon and making something out of it. But fortunately Deadly Carnage are different and surely their hardwork will be rewarded, sooner or later.

Tracklist:

01. Quantum
02. Matter
03. Hyle
04. Cosmi
05. Lumis
06. Ifene
07. Fractals
08. Divide
09. Entroipa

Line-up:

Alexios: voice, guitar
Dave: guitar
Adres: bass
Marco: drums

Rate: 8.5/10