Paranoia Inducta / Simulacra / Sealed In Blood – Pulvis Et Umbra Sumus (Album – Heerwegen Tod Production)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Ambient.
Format: Digital, CD.
Background/Info: This album is split production between Polish projects Paranoia Inducta and Sealed In Blood and Belgian project Simulacra.The artists already worked previously with Heerwegen Tod.
Content: The common element between all tracks and projects is the Dark-Ambient approach. Paranoia Inducta brings 3 poignant and elaborated pieces accentuated by field recordings. Simulacra moves on with a long duration cut with a slow progression. Sealed In Blood has achieved 2 cuts which have been patiently built up until reaching a disturbing climax.
+ + + : I’ve never been a huge fan of split releases, but I have to admit this one reveals a true complementarity between the artists. Paranoia Inducta simply confirms great skills to compose an overwhelming, tormenting and extremely Dark-Ambient work. “Silent Time” is a true masterpiece featuring great metallic sound treatments. The other great part of the work has been accomplished by Sealed In Blood pushing the boundaries of Dark-Ambient to a higher level of fright. Both cuts are impressive compositions with a strong visual appeal.
– – – : The single cut which couldn’t totally convince me is the one by Simulacra. It sounds just a level below the other ones.
Conclusion: This is great and accomplished Dark-Ambient music revealing the nose of Heerwegen Tod for talented artists in the genre.
Best songs: Paranoia Inducta: “Silent Time”, “Dead realms” + Sealed In Blood: “Maledictus Relecta Silva”, “Lux Lumae Aeternum”.
Rate: 8½.
Artists: www.facebook.com/paranoiainducta / www.facebook.com/simulacravoid /
www.facebook.com/Sealed-In-Blood-169606279787424
Label: www.heerwegentod.cba.pl
Heerwegen Tod Production released “Pulvis Et Umbra Sumus” on CD on 22 December 2021, with the tracks also available digitally. Paranoia Inducta contributes “Dead Realms”, “Don’t Pray For Me” and “Silent Time”, Simulacra the 23-minute “Pendulum II: Fire Burning Slow”, and Sealed In Blood “Lux Lunae Aeternum” and “Maledictus Relicta Silva”. Grzegorz Pietranis handled the design.
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About Paranoia Inducta, Simulacra and Sealed In Blood
Paranoia Inducta is a Polish dark ambient project that has released most of its work through Heerwegen Tod Production. The project spoke to Side-Line in the Click Interview with Paranoia Inducta in January 2021 and returned for a second interview in June 2025.
Sealed In Blood is a Polish project whose albums “Coemeterium”, “Death Is The Part Of Life”, “Accursed Sphere” and “Antropophobia” appeared between 2012 and 2020, all through the same Polish label. Simulacra is a Belgian project that issued the cassette album “Demons From The Past” on Heerwegen Tod Production in 2018.
“Pulvis Et Umbra Sumus” brought the three together on one CD at the end of 2021, with each project keeping its own section of the running order.
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