Secrets of the Moon - Seven Bells
This band has been around since 1995, but I’ve always had trouble keeping up with them. Part of the reason was that their albums were so hard to find. Seven Bells is their latest release and is this one sick! Musically, this is similar to Celtic Frost (Monotheist) and Triptykon in style. I’m not sure how much influence Tom G. Warrior had on the sound of Seven Bells (he is listed as a co-producer), but his presence looms large. My guess is that Secrets of the Moon wanted to sound like this and decided that the best way to do it was to bring in the person who knew the Triptykon/Celtic Frost sound the best. Seven Bells is avant-garde, but not in the “we’re free from the bounds of Metal” kind of way. Seven Bells still has a solid Metal core and the experimentation and avant-garde elements are more to add atmosphere than anything else. If there is one flaw in this album, it is probably the fact that the Celtic Frost/Triptykon influence is a bit too apparent. From the first note, I could tell where these folks were going with their sound. That isn’t a serious flaw in my opinion. Very few bands can be both heavy as fuck and avant-garde at the same time, but Seven Bells is that from the beginning to the end. I love dark music and the more twisted and evil it is, the more I like it. If you’re like me, you’ll be listening to Seven Bells a lot.
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