Odium Humani Generis – Międzyczas
Odium Humani Generis – Międzyczas
Malignant Voices
Release Date: 27/09/2024
Running Time: 42:00+
Review by Metalphysicist
8.5 /10
Odium Humani Generis is a Polish Black Metal band that has been around since 2015, inspired by the bands of the first and second Wave of Black Metal, flirting with dark ambient music and post-metal tendencies. Or something like this. What really matters is that on “Międzyczas”, Odium Humani Generis’ third album, has a couple of good songs and a sonority that seems very genuine Black-Metal-moving-way-farther.
The first song, ‘Lustro’, in the beginning, flirts with the harmonic and shining sound of an acoustic guitar. And then subtly, the song is dragged all the way down to Black Metal essentials with no pudency to sound just like a regular Black Metal band – especially the drum time signatures conducted with tremolo and fingering guitar chords and then, much by surprise, suddenly ‘Lustro’ takes us all the way between Post-Punk pop songs and reminiscence of Gothic 80’s tonicity.
‘Jarzmo’ will also surprise the fundamentalist fans who assume that the Black Metal bands must follow THE BLACK METAL TRADITIONS – which is a law-book forged in bronze somewhere that nobody knows where it is. I think that Odium Humani Generis’ main propose on “Międzyczas” is to invite the listener to explore the Black Metal texture until its limits revealing that Black Metal Gospel is closer than you might think from the Post Punk and Gothic Rock, just like The Mission, Depeche Mode and some other gothic pop rock mixed with the disgusting Black Metal sphere of despair end claustrophobic sensations.
On “Międzyczas”, Odium Humani Generis’ intent is inviting us to enjoy the landscapes sounding on “Międzyczas” – tetric and grey skies – with some 80’s trivia catchy chorus. The dirt and chaotic production allow Odium Humani Generis’ to be creative on “Międzyczas”, with plenty of space for improvising and thicket the sensation of endless art production.
I am positive that Odium Humani Generis did very well by chasing perfection in unfinished musical structure on “Międzyczzas” following the right pathway in search of the unknown and unseeing destination.
TRACKLISTING:
01. Lustro
02. Idée Fixe
03. Międzyczas
04. Popłoch
05. Drogowskaz
06. Jarzmo
07. Granice
LINE-UP:
Biały – Guitars, Vocals
Ominous – Guitars
Bartos – Bass
Murukh – Drums
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