dark ambient
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With a name like Satanath, you might expect some torturing black metal but that doesn't seem to be true. This one man project is a metal fan, that's for sure. He's a musician and label owner (Satanath Records) and an admirer of all things underground and extreme, well, as far as music is concerned. With this solo-project, Aleksey Korolyov explores a different extreme, that of dark ambient and space music.
The thirteen tracks on this album are calm, quiet pieces of mystic ambient, driving on minimal soundscapes and a number of different sounds floating in and out of the music. In that aspect it resembles the vast emptiness of outer space and its strange, mysterious atmosphere. 'Minimalism' seems to be the keyword, perfectly blending in with the audible environment, something I always enjoy in ambient music.
There's actually little else to say about this album, which is a bit of a shame. Fact is, I really like this, as will many minimal ambient fans, but it's very hard to describe. My recommendation is as simple as this review is short: check it out, lay down, close your eyes and let the music take you on a journey through inner and outer space. This is nice stuff, certainly after a full-blown metal attack...
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The thirteen tracks on this album are calm, quiet pieces of mystic ambient, driving on minimal soundscapes and a number of different sounds floating in and out of the music. In that aspect it resembles the vast emptiness of outer space and its strange, mysterious atmosphere. 'Minimalism' seems to be the keyword, perfectly blending in with the audible environment, something I always enjoy in ambient music.
There's actually little else to say about this album, which is a bit of a shame. Fact is, I really like this, as will many minimal ambient fans, but it's very hard to describe. My recommendation is as simple as this review is short: check it out, lay down, close your eyes and let the music take you on a journey through inner and outer space. This is nice stuff, certainly after a full-blown metal attack...
Serge