[Necharsian]

Even if We Never Existed by Cold Empty Universe

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Phew ok now that you did that..

Tracklist
1. Even if We Never Existed
2. You Must Live Here Do Not Kill Yourself

I've had a ridiculously difficult time deciding which album to put here. I figured I should pick a black metal album, and the last few months has probably been the best stretch for bmetal albums this decade. So choosing one was less than easy.

So anyway I picked Even if We Never Existed, which isnt even on BEA because ive been lazy and havent updated my chart in forever. CEU's general sound can basically be described as "space black metal". They lie somewhere in between the likes of Darkspace and Oranssi Pazuzu. Less massive and dense than the former and less psychedelic than the latter. And this newest album is likely their most horrifying album to date. The first track has a kind of Gnaw their Tongues-esque atmosphere where all of these sounds are bouncing off the walls of a confined space. Who knows where those muffled screams are coming from. Sometimes they sound like they’re calling for help, other times you’re unsure if they’re even human. Cattle locked in a slaughterhouse. The second track is a little more blunt. Eerie organs, distant howls; basically the foyer of a haunted mansion. Then comes the sweet serenade. Like trying to find a scent, it entices you to follow. But you know where it’s going..

[Norman Bates]

Downloaded, more later.

[meccalecca]

[yourself]

[Necharsian]

[yourself]

So this album is odd...

First track, despite going on forever and ever, and having some horrible plodding drums, has actually got really neat hypnotic ambience and cool sounds.

The second track is kind of a mess? I can't tell what its supposed to be...ambient, drone, metal? Its just odd.

ps: awesome list Necharsian will get looking through that.

[meccalecca]

Was listening to this yesterday, but got pulled outside by a friend in town. Gonna return to it today hopefully. Not exactly what I was expecting, far more atmospheric. The first track had some cool aesthetics but seemed to go nowhere. For a 36 minute epic, I'd expect a bit more progression to the track.
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[Norman Bates]

Well that's some deep tribal shit. Pretty good but I wouldn't listen to it alone in the dark tbh. Or drunk.

[19loveless91]

It's alright. Less metal-y than I expected. Maybe that's a good thing, at least for me. I would agree that the first track could use some progression, but again that's just me, I'm not too much into drone either. The mood it created was still pretty dark and intense. Second track.. I did not know what to think about, but ok.. Erm... Yeah... Not sure I'll listen to it again though..

[BrandonMiaow]

I only listened to part of it (like, less than half of the first song) but it gave me the impression I was wandering through an active construction site while on hallucinogens so that the construction workers looked and sounded like demons. Yeah, I dunno...