Consolamentum

Description

The French group from Bordeaux Year Of No Light, formed in 2001, proud post-metal/drone/sludge representatives of France, present us with this new album. "We wanted this album to sound as organic and analog as possible," comments the band. "All tracks were recorded live. The goal was to have the most natural, warm, and clean takes possible, to give volume to the dynamics of the songs." For the discerning listener, "Consolamentum" seems to venture deeper into the dark and claustrophobic spheres explored on "Tocsin" - but the band does not conceive the evolution of its music in a linear fashion. "It's more about a global work around the sound. To make music against modern times. We wanted intensity, trance, menace." The album is massive, poignant, frightening, suffocating, and cathartic - and, just like its predecessor, bold, memorable, and perfectly produced.