Release
date: November
30th
2018.
Label: Truthseeker
Music.
Format: DD/Vinyl
To
Possess You Entirely –
Tracklisting
1.MANIPULATION
DOMINATION CONTROL 19:00
2.I
THIRST 06:56
3.TO
POSSESS YOU ENTIRELY 03:17
4.A
BEACON OF HOPE IN THIS DESOLATE HOLE 06:15
5.SPIRIT
WIFE 04:42
Members
Ben
- Guitar
Will
- Vocals, Guitar, Piano, Moog
Chi
- Vocals, Bass, Piano
Dave
- Drums
Jamie
- Drums
Review
To
Possess You Entirely is the new album from
Ambient/Post-Doom/Post-Metal collective – SONANCE. The band have
released a wide range of different albums since their inception.
SONANCE have never released the same album twice as they try their
hands at a wide range of different genres and sounds. I have a lot of
time for the band and they have have released some of the UK’s most
highly emotional, bleak and violent Post-Doom/Post-Metal music of
recent years.
That’s
no different with their latest album – To Possess You Entirely. The
album is quite a cold and highly complex release and features some of
the harshest moments I’ve heard from the band. I’m still deciding
if that’s a good thing. As the music can be too bleak at times.
There
is no denying that this is a superbly produced
album that will keep the established SONANCE fan-base extremely happy
especially with the epic 19 minute opening song – Manipulation
Domination Control. This has all the trademark moments that SONANCE
are known for. Bleak progressive sounds combine with a sinister and
nightmarish Post-Black Metal sound that soon gives way to Ambient,
Drone and Post-Rock noises.
The
album carries on this with this style of experimental music for the
rest of the album but SONANCE do slow things down for the excellent
sounding title track. As they play a more Ambient driven Post-Rock
sound. I wish the album had more moments of this style of music but I
appreciate that SONANCE perhaps wanted to create a more sinister and
bleaker experience that I originally expected or imagined.
You
may feel that I don’t have much time for this album and that isn’t
the case. I feel this album is perhaps SONANCE most daring album to
date. However I feel more attached to their earlier works such as
Blackflower and Like Ghosts. Though within time I feel I will
appreciate this album a whole lot more. I just need to be in the
right mood and mindset to live through the epic 40 minute plus
run-time.
Overall,
To
Possess You Entirely is
another reason why SONANCE are perhaps one of the finest
Doom/Post-Metal Bands the UK has to offer at the moment. They create
music on their own terms and that is a rare thing to fully
experience within today’s musical scene.
Links: