Arvio

Lovi has very aptly named both itself and the track. This is precisely ritual music that reaches towards a trance state - and gets there. The compositions is made out of one dominant, distorted guitar and muted background sounds. The concept is thus in principle the same one that Moljebka Pvlse uses, as does Temple of Tiermes (on their Kaos Ex Machina material), but the results are very different. The closest comparison, in both style and quality (!), is Norvargr/Drakh - the purpose being the creation of oppressive ambience through the use of grinding tones. On the other hand, it could also be described as extremely slow, minimalist metal without vocals, but that would probably create wrong images of what Lovi actually sounds like.

Either way, Rituaalimusiikkia is a seemingly simple piece, in which a stable pattern is constantly altered in a subtle manner, thus preserving listener interest. The absolutely finest thing here, though, is that the song causes an almost total loss of any sense of time through its brilliant, monotonous rhythm structure. The band states "to listen and play the Endless Sound, and to worship the Devil" as the music's goal. In the former, they succeed brilliantly. Success in the latter I'm not qualified to assess. The one truly remaining problem question is whether or not Lovi will be able to create albums interesting in their entirety with the musical methods they are using here. This demo is of such high quality, though, that I sincerely wish they'll answer that question very soon by producing such an album.

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Lovi - Rituaalimusiikkia

Lovi on osannut nimetä sekä yhtyeen että biisinsä todella osuvasti. Kyse on nimenomaisesti transsia tavoittelevasta (ja sen tavoittavasta) rituaalimusiikista. Teos koostuu yhdestä hallitsevasta säröisestä kitarasta ja vaimeista taustaäänistä. Resepti on siis periaatteessa sama kuin Moljebka Pvlsella tai Temple of Tiermesin *Kaos Ex Machina* -tavarassa, mutta tulos on aivan erilainen.	Artisti: Lovi Formaatti: CD-R Levy-yhtiö: omakustanne Julkaisuvuosi: 2004 Kokonaiskesto: 23:43 Kappaleita: 1
Lähin vertailtava, niin tyylillisesti kuin tasoltakin (!) on Nordvargr/Drakh, eli linjana on ahdistavan ambientin luominen jauhavan äänen kautta. Toisaalta sitä voisi kuvata myös hitaana, minimalistisena ja instrumentaalisena metallina, vaikkakin siitä syntyvä ensimmäinen mielikuva ei ehkä täysin osuisikaan kohdalleen. Joka tapauksessa kyseessä on näennäisen yksinkertainen teos, jossa pysyvään kuvioon tehdään hienovaraisia lisäyksiä ja muutoksia niin että kuulijan mielenkiinto säilyy. Kaikkein hienointa on silti se, että kappale tuottaa lähes täydellisen ajantajun menetyksen, niin mainio sen rytmityksen ja monotonian yhdistelmä on. Yhtye ilmoittaa saatteessaan tavoitteikseen "Loputtoman Äänen kuuntelemisen ja soittamisen, sekä saatananpalvonnan". Ensimmäisessä noista se onnistuu aivan loistavasti, toisessa onnistumiseen en ole pätevä ottamaan kantaa. Ainoa oikeasti avoimeksi jäävä kysymys on se, riittävätkö Lovin käyttämät musiikilliset keinot pitämään kokonaista albumia vastaavaa tavaraa kiinnostavana. Tämä demo on kuitenkin niin kovatasoista materiaalia että toivon todellakin tuohon kysymykseen vastattavan hyvin pian konkreettisen tuotteen muodossa. Jiituomas

Takaisin - Kokoelmat - A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - R - S - T - U - V - W - Demot

Lovi has very aptly named both itself and the track. This is precisely ritual music that reaches towards a trance state - and gets there. The compositions is made out of one dominant, distorted guitar and muted background sounds. The concept is thus in principle the same one that Moljebka Pvlse uses, as does Temple of Tiermes (on their Kaos Ex Machina material), but the results are very different. The closest comparison, in both style and quality (!), is Norvargr/Drakh - the purpose being the creation of oppressive ambience through the use of grinding tones. On the other hand, it could also be described as extremely slow, minimalist metal without vocals, but that would probably create wrong images of what Lovi actually sounds like. Either way, Rituaalimusiikkia is a seemingly simple piece, in which a stable pattern is constantly altered in a subtle manner, thus preserving listener interest. The absolutely finest thing here, though, is that the song causes an almost total loss of any sense of time through its brilliant, monotonous rhythm structure. The band states "to listen and play the Endless Sound, and to worship the Devil" as the music's goal. In the former, they succeed brilliantly. Success in the latter I'm not qualified to assess. The one truly remaining problem question is whether or not Lovi will be able to create albums interesting in their entirety with the musical methods they are using here. This demo is of such high quality, though, that I sincerely wish they'll answer that question very soon by producing such an album. Jiituomas