Extraterrestrial form of a new age black metal era
Considering the 9 years of Yellow Eyes’ existence and looking through their discography I can see that there is a clear dedication that each member delivers to the band. You can choose the mood you wish to settle into with each album. It can be the dissociative solitude in a desert, the catastrophy caused by natural forces at night in northwestern Connecticut or the coldest winter of Siberia. The variety of surroundings you can imagine and moods you can feel seems endless. While other bands tend to change their sound drastically throughout time, brothers Skarstads stay devoted to what they are known for. The key to their writing is their destructive process, which maintains the music non-repetitive – as Sam previously stated: “Have I heard this before? – If I have, it’s gone.”
Warmth Trance Reversal serves as the anthem and opens up the album with an awakening force. Disharmonies from the previous material have shifted into something new here – strange and extraterrestrial – the track No Dust is the proof of this. Incorporating even more progressive elements on Light Delusion Curtain, the listener is uplifted by an energetic intro with a haunting bass and then pushed off into the abyss – a very strong contradiction of the song’s title. Nutrient Painting with a typical Cascadian atmosphere builds up a ferocious escalation resulting in pummeling into everything around with a destructive force. It is also much less exhausting than the Jubilat track, including a fresh detour. You can clearly feel the approaching end of the album by the upcoming drums of the album’s title track. The 6-track-order tradition is present here as well. I think it’s a good way to keep up the consistency and fluidity. Despite the bleak album cover, Rare Field Ceiling is the brightest record that has been created, fitting with the current global warming crisis. Yellow Eyes made Siberian natives sing sad hymns just so the Maritime Flare outro resonated in listeners’ ears long after the record had finished. Will they make another album interesting? I bet they will somehow. 10/10
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