Desir De Mourir "Incure The Wrath Of Silence" CD

climate, darkness, depression, good sound and interesting ideas. Keys in the background and solos at times.

Actually, I cannot bear it any more: the sample of Aleister Crowley, which seems to appear at least on one release per month. Is this he the only person one can use and who happen to have samples spread throughout the vastness of the Internet? Are there no other ones that could have been use for the recording as well? In fact, the one sample of a woman screaming in agony has also appeared on countless recordings already – see the Non Serviam (Sweden) demos (!) as a point of reference. Or are these mandatory in order to be accepted in some kind of obscure black metal sub-scene?
Anyway, the German band Desir de Mourir – French for desire to die – plays depressive black metal and sticks to it over the course of the entire album. Furthermore, it is a one-man thing, which presents the listener a good amount of the all too common facets of such an approach. For instance, there is a drum-computer, whose play is, as can be expected, quite tiring now and then. Luckily, Dissen, the person behind DdM, does not attempt to overload the composition with this element. It is interesting how little is actually necessary at times and how well the band is able to create an atmosphere and this only be using vocals, guitars and noise effects.
Conceptually, it all follows a rather simple pattern: the vocals have a metallic touch and scream something in rather suitable tempo/dynamics, while the guitars tend to create the basis for it all through a texture-like sound in the background. To put into plain words: nothing considerably new. Nevertheless, there are some interesting facets in how it had been executed. Not always but now and then nice melodies shine through the dense mist of shallowness. It is not possible to point to a composition and describe it as overtly and consistently good, but at least the band attempts to take the listener by the hand.
It is difficult to say whether the amount of repetition and limitation has a backlash in some respect. Nevertheless, it all feels slightly thick and glue at times. Considering the total average of the tracks this should at least not come as a surprise. Except for the intro or the outro, none would be below the mark of six minutes. And even though it does not feel bloated, something that could be described as overtly surprising does not dare to pay a visit as well. It all meanders on, might be a charming companion somehow but is actually be a bit too generic. Not bad for a first demo but definitely nothing more.

CD released by Amor Fati 2013

Sample: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...