Before I start writing how this is a great album, I would just like to state how much I hate circuses…not that it has much to do with this great band and album, but the word circus immediately reminds me of those poor tortured animals which are forced to do tricks to amuse people- that is sadism. Those animals should be free, they should be loved, and not transported in those small charts like some deadmeat.
As I said, this above does not reflect my love to the band. On the contrary from the first minutes this album was spinning in my CD player I was wondering how such a great band like this could have remained unknown to me (and a number of people). Why is it so that nobody (no label) cares about great polish bands as Frozen Deformity or better known Lux Occulta. My new audible friends are no worse than other rather more known ones. I interested myself for some earlier releases and found out that the band’s sound today evolved from some earlier great and atmospheric doom releases.
“Frozen Circus” starts off with a short but sick piece of “circus music”, it just gives me the chills: the annoying circus melody becomes very hypnotic, very weird. The rest of the album is very clearly produced, the sound is firm and clear, of course the keyboards stand out quite a lot- that gives a great balance between the solid riffing and the weird atmosphere that was achieved. As for the vocals they range from good clean lines to a magnificent black a la Vintersorg voice (just an association), maybe a bit more dim. One of the freakiest moments of the album is when the track “Crime” is suddenly interrupted by a circus announcer speaking the German words: “Meine Damen und Herren, Herzlich wilkommen in unserem Zirkus, Eternal Deformity…”, the announcer is backed by that annoying circus organ….I don’t know if it’s just me but I feel like screws being driven into my head when I hear that sound, a great idea it was to introduce such a sound. I really don’t know which song I could mark as the best on this album, but the last track, “Lovelorn” is certainly one of the greatest moments of this album. It seems that with the chorused guitars and cello, this track unveils the band’s doom background in the best possible way. I don’t want to be misunderstood, the track itself isn’t doom at all but at some moments you can catch a glimpse of it, just as in the rest of the album.
Everybody who has ever tried to write a review must know how difficult it is sometimes to describe with words that which you can only experience by your ears. Maybe the best thing is to give a listen to the album and try to create your own atmosphere of a frozen circus. This album is just a snapshot of a circus which is brought back to life for just a few seconds, but the sounds are so multiple and intense it seems much longer. just as suddenly as it has been brought back to life it became frozen again, and there remained only silence….so one can imagine that this album actually lasts forever…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
“Red finger tips
Red water
Spinning down and deep
To unknown
To cold dark sleep “
-Ulv
VITALS:
Release: 2007
Label: Selfreleased, Once Again
Avantgenre: Cristalized Submental Dream Manipulation
Duration: 42min
Origin: Poland
Official site: http://www.eternal-deformity.com/
Review online since: 17.12.2007 / 10:53:09
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