Still, on other tracks the combination of an excessive amount of boring drones and an obnoxious over usage of the hill-and-valley effect comes across as obnoxious. "The Big Gloom," on the other hand, is a moving piece of shoegaze-tinged black metal regardless of its flaws. Pensive epics like "A Quick One Before the Eternal Worm Devours Connecticut" have the potential to be dazzling, but they unfortunately continue on with tired ideas for too long for the song to retain the sprawling, dark feel that it sets forth. Much of the time, songs are unnecessarily long, which unfortunately takes away from some of the album's emotional impact. Simply put, the structural tendencies of Deathconsciousness are inept. This is, of course, expected when the album is such a genre-mash - specifically hybridizing black metal, drone, shoegaze, post-industrial, and post-rock characteristics - however, Have a Nice Life's vision is unarguably out-there - for better or worse. As a whole, Deathconsciousness throws any and all conventions out to sea. If you were to guess and say that the compositional style is just as long-winded and odd as the concept, then again, you'd be right. So, if you were to guess that the musical aspects are just as pretentious and grandiose as the concept, you'd be right. It's hard to follow, immense (the band compiled their findings into a seventy-five page booklet that comes with the album), and it seems to influence every aspect about Deathconsciousness. The concept alone is jarring and austere. See, Antiochus was a man who often riled up excuses for people to be persecuted for religious reasons, as well as persuading people to commit murder and suicide and follow odd, convoluted customs. Furthermore, its connections between this lore and life lessons throughout have been equally acclaimed, and of course, they're just as complex as the figures dealings it was based off of. It's been fawned over for its lyrics that double as an extensive analysis of medieval Italian heretics - more specifically its outlining of the life and times of Antiochus, a nearly unknown writer and religious figure. Not quite.Ĭonceptually, at least, Have a Nice Life's Deathconsciousness may be the most disarming album I've ever come across.
Hope this is ok to post here but if everyone here has listened to deathconsciousness be sure to read the little book that came along with it.Review Summary: You are alone in this wintry Hell of a place. The list is prone to change and is the subject of weekly discussion threads. Here's the essential albums list, a biased chart including some of the most valuable and influential dirge albums: PART ONE & PART TWO. Any other type of content is greatly appreciated (pictures, comics etc.), as long as it's somehow related to dirge music.Self posts are welcome, whether you're feeling down, looking for advice, or just having a really bad day.