Release
date: March 15th 2019. Label: Ritual
Productions.
Format: CD/DD/Vinyl
Asterismal
– Tracklisting
1.Loss
Portal 08:16
2.Bloodless
Crush 03:21
3.Vitrified
Galaxy 06:32
4.Prelude
02:07
5.Slow
Moon 09:07
6.Quantitative
Immortalities 11:55
7.Chamber
of Stars 06:14
Members
Adam
Richardson (bass/vox)
Mike
Vest (guitar)
Nathan
Perrier (drums)
Review
Asterismal
is the epic new album from Progressive Doom/Sludge Metallers
11PARANOIAS.
This album is a very dense and heavy affair and I wouldn’t expect
anything less from these guys. The album is a Space Rock odyssey
though the band a nightmarish and surreal vision to their music. The
music is constantly heavy and always evolving into a different style
of Spaced Out Rock that only 11PARANOIAS
could
possibly make.
Asterismal
runs for around seventy-two minutes and it’s epic as they come. The
songs all have a deep meaningful sound and identity of their own.
Each song sounds very different to each other. As the band play many
different styles of Doom, Sludge and Psychedelic Metal. The whole
feel of the album has an almost TRIBAL feel to it especially on songs
such as: Loss Patrol, Bloodless
Crush, Vitrified Galaxy, Slow Moon, Chamber Of Stars and the
excellent two-part song of Acoustic Mirror.
If
you’ve listened to previous albums by the band then you know what
to expect. However, the band take a darker and slightly depressing
turn on this album and it works wonders for their overall sound.
Their music now has a more threatening purpose and the music becomes
heavier as a result.
The
vocals from Adam
are superbly sung from the start. As they’re a mixture of clean
chants, harsh growls and regular clean vocals. Though I do have an
issue understanding what is being sung on certain parts of the album.
It’s a good job that the music is brilliantly played and highly
original in its own right. The heavy droned out sludgy guitars allows
the band to have a more nuanced approach to their music.
Asterismal
has a distinctive stop-start approach where the band could be playing
an epic riff and they stop for a split second and decide to play a
different style of music. For the most part this works in the bands
favour. However, this style of music could be distracting to the more
casual listener than a die-hard fan of the band. Asterismal is
perhaps best suited to people who know what to expect from this great
band.
Asterismal
is a thrilling and very surreal album that delves right into the
darkness of i 11PARANOIAS
music. This is an album that you need to be in a certain frame of
mind to fully appreciate and understand the whole meaning of the
album. 11PARANOIAS
have always been the type of band who are never afraid to experiment
with their music and still make you want to experience more.
I
may not fully understand the full themes and ideas of Asterismal yet
but it’s going to be a great journey trying to figure this out for
myself. Overall, Asterismal is a thought-provoking and complex album
that ranks as one of the best albums the band have released yet.
Words
by Steve Howe
Thanks
to Barbara
at NeeCee Agency and Ritual Productions for
the promo. Asterismal will be available to buy on CD/DD/Vinyl via
Ritual Productions
from March 15th
2019.
