'. . . [l]ight am I' . . . - '. . . [l]ight am I' . . . demo 2006
1) '. . . [l]ight am I' . . . I
2) '. . . [l]ight am I' . . . II
3) '. . . [l]ight am I' . . . III
4) '. . . [l]ight am I' . . . IV
5) '. . . [l]ight am I' . . . V
6) '. . . [l]ight am I' . . . VI
Mediafire / Rusfolder
I was quite busy last week so there was a bit of a longer than intended pause in posting. So let's resume with another reader contribution, this one sent by Ryan, thank you, and it's a bit unusual not only due the odd band name but the fact it's a relatively "new" release. This is '. . . [l]ight am I' . . . (yes, seriously) from Canada with his 2006 self-titled debut demo. Which had no tracklisting either. Really, is it so hard to come up with some sort of titles for releases and songs, this is getting old and it does not add any mystique to anything what so ever!?! /rant. Now that I've got that out of my system, back to the item. No cover scans and the only cover image found besides the one I was sent is a really, really tiny one on Metal Archives. And the one sent is just the same enlarged. Scans would be nice if you happen to be one of the 50 who actually has a copy.
The demo has a running time of over 42 minutes, well enough for a long play album, most of which is taken by the last ambient track (23 mins) while the others are more conservative length. Sound quality is good and music quite raw and somewhat primitive black metal, with machine-like percussion, vocals that sound something like a cross between Abbath and Akhenaten and riffs that give me flashbacks of various 90's releases and bands. Despite my initial skepticism it's not bad after all and the songs have variation despite the universally raw and stripped down execution. The last song which is dark ambient is way too long though, or at least the part where nothing happens overstays its welcome. Check this out if you're interested to hear what else comes from Canada
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Thank you Ryan and Velkaarn. Totally digging the martial/industrial sounds here. Well conceived and executed. Agree the ending ambient track is about 20 minutes longer than it needs to be. Does this guy have T-shirts for sale? It'd start a lot of conversations at the Power of the Riff Festival, no doubt.
@king:
Good to read you enjoyed it, though were this a vinyl I suppose I would just play the A-side. If I had a record player, that is. Considering the fellow's penchant for limited editions I doubt any shirts would be left these days if he ever happened to make them. Wouldn't be hard to have a bootleg made, though. That'd be unique I bet!
@Velkaarn:
Funny, I only half heartedly knocked on the ending track. I actually like long drone pieces. Sometimes there are subtle shifts that move the piece along, sometimes it's sheer monotony. Like this one. But I often listen to this stuff with headphones. And I load the iPod with it for long plane journeys.
@king:
I'm into repetitive and long pieces myself too but this just didn't work out for me. Nowadays I listen to practically everything on headphones, partially due circumstances, part due preference.
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