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HALO MANASH: Haudattujen Valvoja CD Aural HypnoxĪnother album in the “Sublunar” series of Halo Manash’s prolific output exploring the nether regions of ritual ambience and pitch black persona, which appears to be their overall forte full-stop.Ĭreeping and desolate, there isn’t that much to differ between releases and this groups ethos seems to be that if it aint broken then why try fix it either that or they have reached the pinnacle of their limitations. Occasional acoustic instrumentation drags this album away from the Aural Hypnox ethos somewhat and treads water where many a Cold Meat Industry artist wades (which is of course, no bad thing at all). However, whilst this may in part feel overworked because of the endurance factor, there is a lot on here that is a pleasure to digest and indeed some genuine musicality, which came as a surprise. Indeed, it all feels vey natural and understated.Īs stated, this is a lengthy affair and I feel this album would have benefitted from shortening its time span into two parts for the overall effect. The ritualism comes as a subtle nod to the arcane and the undercurrent of chimes and vibrations of sound work well in applying this thematically, without force. Seventeen tracks come in at just over an hour, so this is definitely one for the patient but then, the audience this is aimed at should have this in abundance.
Given the title and the artwork (especially the limited version), there is a feeling of light breaking through the dark clouds that are spewed forth from the bowels of this act and it is refreshing to feel this as short bursts of a frost-tinged breeze, with maybe a hint of the coming of Winter. However, these are the only recordings of this ritual expression, so there is validity and worth in keeping the collection complete if you’re an avid fan.īeing devoid of electric instrumentation gives this album a distinct analogue feel but then a lot of Aural Hypnox’s roster approaches their Dark Ambient in this manner. Unless the listener was in attendance then I rarely see the point in obtaining the recording. I am not a great lover of live albums as a whole, if truth-be-told. Given the drive that this act portray across all their works, it has to be admired that this performance doesn’t feel improvised in any shape or form and that in itself has to be commended, given the nature of the songs they construct. Intensity shifts throughout the proceedings, which ebb and flow nicely and I am sure this would have produced a greater effect on any listener should they have been in attendance that night as they get swept away into the hypnotic flow that permeates the output.
Overall, this feels less restrained than their ‘studio’ work and ultimately feels oiled and relaxed, with a greater degree of actual musicality coming forth no doubt from the live instrumentation factor. Housed in a screen-printed cardboard cover, the CD is accompanied by an eight-page booklet alongside eight postcard inserts in a stamped envelope, ultimately feeling quality and value for money.Ĭomprising of nine previously unreleased movements, presented only once as a live ritual this was the first ever performance of Halo Manash in Finland 2005. HALO MANASH: Elemental Live Forms MMV-Initiation CD Aural Hypnoxįirst things first, the packaging on this album is splendid.
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