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One
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DARVULIA

"Mysticisme
Macabre"

LP
Gatefold + A2 poster

 

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Description
by C. Conrad)

Although
the band is entirely French in its nationality and stylistically in its brand
of Black Metal, Darvulia likely derives its name from the Hungarian witch, Anna
Darvulia, a servant of the infamous Elizabeth Bathory who is said to have
provided Bathory with guidance during the most prolific period of the
countess’s notorious atrocities. It is an appropriately adopted moniker, given
that the band’s musical output would serve as a fitting soundtrack to the mind
of a depraved psychopath. Nuclear War Now’s admiration of Darvulia’s work
extends back to the band’s second full-length album from 2005, entitled
“L’Alliance des Venins,” which NWN! has credited as being a masterpiece of
French black metal. Despite the fact that it has been somewhat overshadowed by
the band’s sophomore effort, Darvulia’s third album, “Mysticisme Macabre,”
follows the same recipe established by its predecessor five years prior to the
latter album’s original CD release by Battlesk’rs Productions in 2010. Another
six years later, “Mysticisme Macabre” now receives its first release on vinyl
LP format, courtesy of a joint endeavor between Nuclear War Now! and
Battlesk’rs Productions.

As
with Darvulia’s previous album, “Mysticisme Macabre” is most effective in its
entrancing, repetitive song structures. Individual songs tend to abruptly
alternate between blisteringly-fast and hypnotically-languid tempos. In
combination with the unsettling effect of these contrasting tempo shifts, the
riffs further disorient the listener with their unyielding and cyclical
progressions among atonal, tremolo-picked chords and dissonantly arpeggiated
sequences of notes. Rather than attempt to impress its audience with an
unending barrage of constantly changing intracacies, Darvulia instead chooses
to leave its mark with the narcotic reduplication of this proven formula. In
addition, the abrasively throaty vocals present throughout greatly contribute
to the overall portentous nature of the music. Occasionally, as in “Le Rituel
des Sept Serpents,” two separate vocal tracks recorded in alternate pitches and
deliveries are asynchronously superimposed over each other to further magnify a
song’s discomposing outcome. The synthesis of these elements results in an
album that serves to confirm Darvulia’s inarguably significant residence in the
canon of French black metal.

 

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