REVIEW: CLAIR OBSCUR - SOMBRE REVELATIONS

 

CLAIR OBSCUR - SOMBRE REVELATIONS (Perverted Taste Records, 1999):

Technical data:

Recorded at Requiem Studio

Artwork by Alexis Dubois

Track List: 1- Petal, 2- Eros, 3- Desecrated Souls

A combination of the most hateful black metal with the most deppresive music in the most calm passages is how I would define Clair Obscur´s music. It is incredible to see the contrast between the faster parts and the slower ones. The band has all the characteristics of a black metal band when they accelerate (fast riffs, raw sound and screaming vocals, plus blast beat drums) and then, all of a sudden the keyboards enter and the role is inverted and they become the main instrument while the vocals change into a whispering mode. The three tracks contained on this CD are l,ong enough (the shortest is almost eight minutes long) to let the band incorporate all the elements they like in their compositions being them melodic or extremely raw and powerful. Contact: www.pervertedtaste.de