Luciation – Infernalistic Flames of Luciftias
After hearing Danish Black Metal band Blodfest, I was interested to learn that two of its members also play in another band, Luciation, who describe themselves as “Unholy Danish Black Metal”. And that’s exactly what they deliver on this depraved tape. It’s like the soundtrack to a wild witch-fucking orgy in the Dark Ages.
We’ve heard very little Black Metal from Denmark, so it’s pleasing to hear of another interesting Danish band who seek to embody the essence of evil and fear in musical form.
As soon as ‘A Sea of Old Satanic Blood’ starts, you realize that Luciation exist to create utterly harsh, noisy, fast Black Metal with an unnervingly evil atmosphere. As you might expect, the sound is raw as fuck – think Transylvanian Hunger but harder and coarser. The drums hammer away like a blacksmith berserker, and the guitar and bass are played with such disturbing levels of burning rage that you wonder if the instruments will burst into flames at any second.
The vocals are perhaps the most severe voices I have ever heard in a Black Metal recording: vicious, goblin-like growls and – most eerie of all – deep, bellowing groans, which I don’t think are actually human.
There’s seven tracks on this 37 minute tape, the last of which, ‘Within the Woods’ is a 10 minute outro made up of samples from Sam Raimi’s short film of the same name (his pre-cursor to ‘The Evil Dead’). If you’re a fan of the film, this inclusion will conjure up fond memories of the undead classic, but I’d say it’s not really needed as the six tracks before it are, in their own way, more sinister.
Luciation tend to use chaotic riffing throughout each song, repeated extensively with minor deviations. Tracks such as ‘Infested Female Skull Orgy’ and ‘The Ninth Gates of Misery and Despair’ make good use of changes in rhythm, but as a whole this release forms a relentless, pounding drone of hellish Black Metal noise, epitomized by my favourite track, ‘Paranormal Spirits of Evil Curses’.
I expect many people will hate this release for its limited musicianship. For me, it’s the chaotic effect of the sound and the ritualistic atmosphere that makes Infernalistic Flames of Luciftias so interesting – and I appreciate these qualities more with each listen. Somehow, this band have found a way to make extremely harsh music that’s also chillingly atmospheric.
This high-speed nightmare is not music to be enjoyed – it actually makes you worry about what the fuck was happening when the recording was made. Like the best horror films, it’s a dark, disturbing experience that you must want to endure. If you’re curious, I recommend that you try it.
Sample track: ‘A Sea of Old Satanic Blood‘
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pure unholy Danish Darkness…
there is two things i will correct,…
Infernalistic flames of Luciftias,is NOT a Demo..and it is released by PHLEGM PRODUCTION.
and the other thing is..
the outro is NOT Evildead,,the sound is from(within the woods)
an old cult 16mm rough cut version(old pre-evildead)by Sam raimi.
SUPPORT THE TRUE UNHOLY DANISH UNDERGROUND
Thanks for the extra info. I’ve updated the review.
Does Phlegm Productions have a website?
phlegm production IS the Nonagram website..
new things are coming up,nearly evry mounth,,,
That’s correct. Within The Woods was a movie made by Raimi, using the similar story to Evil Dead. It was shot in the Super 8 format and was made to raise money to fund Evil Dead, a kind of horror demo if you like.
ok checkin’ dem’ out now.