Wolvserpent - Perigaea Antahkarana
As with most record labels, Relapse has had its share of duds over the years, but in theory, Wolvserpent shouldn’t be one of them. The band plays dark and punishingly heavy music, which is normally something that I love. Where Perigaea Antahkarana fails is in the songwriting. At 82 minutes for four songs and an intro track, this LP is a prime example of a band creating overly long compositions and beating simple structures into the floor to the point of being mind-numbingly boring. You could have shortened each of these tracks by two-thirds and they probably would have still been too long. This has the worst aspects of Drone and Dark Ambient displayed in all their vulgar glory. After repeated tries, I somehow managed to listen to the entire album in one sitting, and truth be told, it wasn’t an experience that I want to repeat. I swear that the 82 minute duration is misleading. It looks like a long time already, but when you’re actually suffering through it, you’d swear that this fucking thing lasts four hours. It’s not an easy listen by a long shot. Unless you like nearly-endless, droning music that’s less exciting than watching paint dry, I’d avoid Wolvserpent. This has been upped a couple points just because the guitar tone is fucking evil sounding. I love the tone, but that doesn’t save this record from being a dog.
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