Ierophania – Book Of Memories III: The Scar (2008-2009) (Album – Castle Of Dreams)
Genre/Influences: Industrial, Dark-Ambient, Martial.
Format: Digital, Cassette.
Background/Info: The third chapter in this “Book Of Memories”-series around the Russian formation Ierophania brings us seven tracks written between 2008 and 2009.
Content: The tracks are carried by strong Industrial sound treatments and an impressive canvas of noises. Ierophania also injects field recordings into the composition. Slow percussion parts and other Martial rhythms are running through the work. You’ll also notice liturgical chants mixed with Russian vocals.
+ + + : This work reveals the most elaborated and accomplished work I’ve heard from Ierophania. The composition is a fusion between Industrial noises and a Dark-Ambient style. They achieve the work with extra elements creating a very own and open-minded spectrum of Industrial music. The sacred-like chants bring a mysterious touch to the work. I recommend listening to both debut tracks. I also noticed heavy dark blasts literally exploding at “Ritual Of Rising Child”.
– – – : The second part of the work is a little less exciting compared to the solid debut.
Conclusion: This is the most accomplished and best album in the “Book Of Memories”-series so far; great and personal Industrial music.
Best songs: “In Memory Of Codreanu”, “The Scar”, “Ritual Of Rising Child”.
Rate: 7.
Listen to “Book Of Memories III: The Scar (2008-2009)”:
Artist: www.facebook.com/Ierophania
Label: www.facebook.com/codmusicdistro
About Ierophania
Ierophania is a Russian ritual industrial and dark ambient project active since the mid-2000s. Discogs credits the recordings to a single member, listed as Мертвый Лед. The label Castle Of Dreams states the project “has never been genre-oriented” and “has always remained true to its once-postulated ‘ritual anti-art’ manifesto”.
The project debuted in 2006 with the limited CDr “Иерофания” on Ufa Muzak, followed by the two-disc “Детство” on Embrion D in 2007 and the “Splite” and “Human’s Death” EPs in 2008. Four titles appeared in 2009: both volumes of “Ritual Works For Destruction”, on Tachibana Records and Spermodeath Records, plus “Heliogabalus” and the collection “Mobilization 2005 – 2009” on SkullLine. “Krv” followed on DNA Production in 2012, alongside the collaborative album with Fanum, “Escort Of Endless Summer”, on Radiodrone Records.
Castle Of Dreams issued the four-part “Book Of Memories” series on 8 August 2021, using 2017 remasters and artwork by J. Nemo. “The Scar” is the third chapter, between “Book Of Memories II: Golgotha (2006-2007)” and “Book Of Memories IV: Jordan (2009-2010)”; the set opened with “Book Of Memories I: The Flight Of A Bee (2005-2006)”. The label also reissued “Heliogabalus” on CD in 2021.
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