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A twisted mixture of black, death and doom metal is pouring out of my loudspeakers as I put 'Discourses On Anything So Absolute' into my stereo. There are some influences that I can't really
pinpoint. Some riffs that sound as if they had been created by a pop band can be heard in some places, but Xeper(Ed. note:pronounced Kef-fer) escapes a true comparison by the sick atmosphere the music is wrapped within.
Still, the sound is very extreme and should appeal to fans of both black and doom metal. Death metal fans might get bored by the lack of speed. An element that contributes a lot to the nauseous feeling of the songs are the vocals. Imagine the Balrog in the Lord Of The Rings trilogy. That is what the vocals sound like from time to time. Whispered growls are quite frequent, and a few growls the way we are used to hearing them can be found too. In a strange way, the music makes perfect sense, being put together in this odd manner. Something, though, is telling you it shouldn't be possible. After a while, when you actually think you know what Xeper is up to, the last track convinces you that you're mistaken. 'Ja Nyt Hänen Poikansa Kertoo Tarinansa' (which means 'And now his/her guy/son tells his/her story') has a whole different approach than the rest of the album. In some odd way, Xeper manages to fit it perfectly into their concept. Xeper is a band trying to do something different. What amazes me is how good they do it. The variation of the music and the vocals are good, there are memorable moments, the production and sound quality is decent, and they don't copy anyone else. If they only had skipped the occasional Balrog screams that tend to get somewhat annoying when used too frequent, I couldn't find anything in particular to complain about. |
1. Winter's Best 2. Jesus Was A Capricorn 3. New Aged Invertebrate 4. The Sun Dies Out 5. Alone, Daggers For Eyes At The Skye 6. So That Leviathan May Strike Again 7. Polymorphic Monochromatic Hologram 8. Ja Nyt Hänen Poikansa Kertoo Tarinansa Approx. 45 minutes | |||
| Reviewed by: Kristian Larsson | ||||