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Band Name: Emancer
Album Name: Invisible
Rating: 1.5 / 5 User Rating: 3 / 5
Label: Golden Lake Productions
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Tracklist
1. AVERNUS
2. COME INTO MY NIGHTMARE
3. DESPERATE ACT
4. SIVILLA
5. EL CANT DE LA SIBIL
6. IN A CREVASSE OF TIME
7. FLIGHT TO THE UNKNOWN
8. OUT OF THE SILENCE
9. REACH FOR THE SKY
10. SAY NO MORE
11. A DRIFTER IN STILLNESS
12. TOO LATE (TO HIDE )
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Technological advances in recording have spawned a multitude of one and two person projects as of late. Emancer have been doing the black metal duo thing for some time now. Their last album was pitiful sounding, but here on 'Invisible', it sounds as if Mithrin and Gorbag have managed to get a little better at using Sonic Foundry or a similar program in order to create what they consider to be the epitome of aural evil. The guitar tones are thin and buzzy, sounding like they were run through an amp modeler and directly into a computer. Here you'll also find the ever present Dr. Rhythm on drums or some such similar device. The record was tracked at The Hartvix Facilities (someone's basement) and most of the electronic enhancements are simple MIDI manipulations. It seems like nowadays, anyone with a computer that sings about Satanism can be granted some form of deal and distribution, which is too bad actually. There is a huge glut of this tripe being passed around the underground as if it is a legitimate product which has been made in a proper studio with an engineer that knows what they're doing behind a console. You'll find some degree of potential in this group's guitar playing, but for the most part, this is material that is completely average in terms of production and performance. Amp modelers and effects cannot cover up poor edits, nor may they disguise a lack of talent, which is exactly why this album goes absolutely nowhere. If you must absolutely own every project that sings the praises of Satan by every group of young men holed up in Grandma's basement, then I suppose this is the type of stuff that you would find interesting and you must own every single black metal album, then get it , but you are far better off checking out Tsjuder or Urgehal than this cacophony of amateur studio engineering
Review by: EF
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