Metatron Omega – ISIH (Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Ambient.
Format: Digital, CD.
Background/Info: Serbian Scorpio V better known as Metatron Omega is back on track unleashing his fifth full length album. The work has been introduced as arriving ‘to the sound of thunderous choirs from within the colossal church.’
Content: This artist has been always driven by mystic- and ritual themes which have been accentuated by the power and magic of choir passages. The work has been accomplished by dark tones and percussion effects.
+ + + : The main strength of this new work is its ‘pure’ Dark-Ambient format. This artist brings some diversity to the label’s roster which remains mainly driven by Cinematic music. Both genres are related and even pretty close but there are nuances. The main strength of “ISIH” is the sacred atmosphere which is very powerful. You really get the feeling of sitting in a chair and hearing the trembling and echoing choirs. The sound atmosphere totally fits with the artwork.
– – – : The best cuts are right at the beginning; both last tracks being not my favorites.
Conclusion: I remain addicted to the early Ritual work of this artist although he’s also a talented Dark-Ambient composer.
Best songs: “Megalosthronos”, “ISIH”, “Imperium Novum”.
Rate: 7½.
Artist: www.facebook.com/metatronomega
Label: www.cryochamberlabel.com / www.facebook.com/CryoChamber
About Metatron Omega
Metatron Omega is the Serbian dark ambient project of Scorpio V, built around choir works, sacred vocal material, field recordings and long reverberations, and drawing on Eastern and Western esoteric and religious traditions. The same musician records under a number of other names, among them Paleowolf, and has taken part in A Cryo Chamber Collaboration.
Every Metatron Omega album has appeared on Cryo Chamber: “Gnosis Dei” in 2015, “Sanctum” in 2016, “Illuminatio” in 2017 and “Evangelikon” in 2019. Scorpio V set out his working method in ‘Click Interview’ With Metatron Omega: ‘The Sound You Hear Is The Channeling Of These Energies That Stream From My Mind’ in December 2016.
“ISIH”, the album reviewed here, was released on 19 April 2022. Scorpio V wrote, produced, performed it and made the artwork, and Simon Heath handled mastering. “Kataphasis” followed on Cryo Chamber in 2023.
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