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Ouroboros - Invoking the Worm
Copyright © 2001 Ouroboros
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In the absurdist unbalancing of the rhythm to the sequence of phrases keeping momentum energized with beat and response that gave bands like Havohej surreal entry to the resonantly disturbed, the music of Ouroboros mixes a legacy of heavy metal and nihilistic chromatic riffing with the melodic sense of underground black metal, sweeping a hierarchy of dissonant notes into sequence across the liquid dynamic topology of each phrase rendered in fast power chords tremolo-strummed to synchronize doppler motion with the uneven fills counterbalancing expectation of phrase style that percussionist Sabazios Diabolus favors. Electronically distorted vocals tear apart internal rhythms in phrase but leave boundaries hazy and often insert random rhythms of their own, periodically pausing at random times like the unsteady guitars which also somehow manage feats of technicality when required. It is designed to be controlled chaos and in the obscure cryptography of its riffs and transitions an overall motion unique to each song is rendered, yet within the lead guitar fills and harmonizing chord progressions of this work another realm is suggested. Fiends of bands such as Burzum, Mütiilation or I Shalt Become will notice similar motions at times cut between the raw and chaotic gestures of inverted approaches to values begetting dissonant and violent music.
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