Fidei Defensor - Cognoscenti
This Canadian Black Metal band can be a little light on the Metal at times, with a significant percentage of Cognoscenti being despondent atmosphere and acoustic guitars. After going the entire first song without, the drums finally kick in a little over a minute into the second track, and are typically kept at a lethargic pace throughout the LP, although there are occasional bursts of speed and aggression. Clearly Fidei Defensor is more interested in creating depressing, melancholy moods than anything else, and one could make the argument that the harsh, esophagus-disintegrating vocals are the most Black Metal thing about these songs. And that’s cool with me. The incorporation of some Doom (check out the beginning of the title track!) and Dark Ambient elements (all over the place) really gives these presumably (I can’t understand a word of the lyrics) blasphemous Canucks an interesting sound. Cognoscenti is a solid debut, and it’s my understanding that it was recorded in 2008 and shelved until now, so hopefully new material is on the way, because it will be interesting to hear how the songwriting has progressed.
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