Release
date: October 31st 2017. Label: Self Released. Format: CD/DD/Vinyl
The
Glitter Of Infinite Hell - Tracklisting
1.Greed
18:40
2.Treachery
18:10
3.Violence
17:48
4.Wrath
18:56
Members
Steve
Scavuzzo, Sean Bay, Greg Acampora, Brian Bauhs
Review
What
period of the year could be better to release the new colossal
fatigue of Clouds Taste Satanic if not Halloween?
The
Brooklyn-based quartet came back with a new stunning album, The
Glitter Of Infinite Hell, which is probably their best release so
far, recorded and mixed by Ben Rice of Degraw Sound in Brooklyn NY
and mastered by Alan Douches of West West Side Music. Giving a listen
to this album (and also to the past productions) I'm really trying to
figure out how it is possible that the band formed by Steve Scavuzzo,
Sean Bay, Greg Acampora, and Brian Bauhs is one of the most
underrated doom secrets in recent years.
The
Glitter Of Infinite Hell offers to the listener a personal vision of
doom, where dark and Lovecraftian atmospheres open to more
psychedelic ones and then fall back into monolithic riffs and guitar
solos, in a hypnotic cycle that hardly leaves indifferent. With their
new release, Clouds Taste Satanic managed to compose the perfect
soundtrack for a psychedelic journey into hell. 4 tracks for a total
of over 70 minutes of music with no compromises and no drop in
songwriting.
The
album starts with the opener Greed, a 18 minutes song full of
slow/drone atmosphere that closely remind me the very last Earth,
where guitars slide into psychedelic realms, until fading into the
distance. In Treachery, another 18 minutes track, the slow rise of
the bass is suddenly achieved by the guitar riffing, in a crescendo
that opens to more acid sounds, then close to atmospheric, almost
ethereal moments. Violence (the third track, only 17:48 minutes!)
seems the perfect continuation of the previous songs, as Wrath, the
last song, is the perfect closure of this majestic sound track. More
than in the past releases, the landmarks of reference, the various
Sleep, Black Sabbath, Flaming Lips and Earth are more rarefied,
offering a more mature and personal sound.
With
The Glitter Of Infinite Hell, Clouds Taste Satanic return to the dawn
of their productions, with a even more devastating sound, but clean
and massive at the same time, and with songs characterized by an
important timing, almost prog, maybe difficult to assimilate for
first listening to those who are not familiar wit long, instrumental
suites. This album must be tasted over time, listened to and played
back. Probably, few will succeed in appreciating the many shades at
first listening, but once you get in, I assure that you will be
swallowed up in a journey that you will hardly forget and that, every
time you listen, it will always look new.
There
is no trick or treat here, gentlemen. Clouds Taste Satanic have
created the perfect soundtrack for our best nightmares.
Words
by Bruno Bellisario
Thanks to the band for
the promo. The Glitter Of Infinite Hell is now available to buy now
on CD/DD/Vinyl.
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