Perversion de Dieu

Let's begin with it. The first Nuit Macabre album had good things for it. There was good riffs, even though they were quite similar, good and varied drums, and great vocals. I guess you would go and improve it the next time, right? I do not feel this in that demo.

Yes, it follows the first album, but, let's be honest, nothing was done to make the music better. The riffs are not much than the basics, drums are more or less the same, at least at first listen. There is one thing I can't deny, it's the fact that the vocals are quite better. The music remains the same, and seems to be one big song at some point, considering the few patterns used by the guitars and drums. It's ok that black metal isn't known for being really varied, especially when it comes to raw black metal, but come on! There is limits to it. Some songs are just sounding the same.

I can accept such repeatability if the album was done in a few days, but it's said that it was done in ten months. I could call to scamming, but it will be a waste of time. Let's be honest, this album is not well inspired. Thus, seven songs for twenty-two minutes? Really? I am not the guy that is hating short releases, I do love short releases, but with five or six songs. It's quite frustrating knowing how good was the first album, but when you don't work to have better ideas, it goes worse and worse.

The music is weak, as said before, and weirdly done. The guitars are more than linear, I have probably found something like ten different riffs, and some variations of them, but, it does not gives any "whoaw" moments, I feel it as some bad and destroyed covers of Sunn o))). The bass is, to be honest, absent, or well scooped in the mix, giving that impression of a thin music, being one bad point.

The drums are the guitars' opposite. well written, greatly varied and at some point tasty. But it makes the music weird, the drums are really straightforward and effective, but it does not match the "melodic" part. About the vocals, they are the regular 90's black metal vocals, nothing new to it.

One of the only highlights about the music are the keyboards and samples part. This part is the best done, and tries to lift a bit the music from that deep pit of void creation.

The top in this album is the keyboards and samples, that are well inspired, and well balanced, not too little, not too much, and this improves the music.

The flop is that the album is weak if taken as seven songs, but way stronger if taken as a song, and the musical writing and lyrics, all of this seemingly fitting on one A4 sheet, it feels rushed despite the 10 months duration of writing and recording.

However, I have found some good moments, two in fact. Abusive Dépendance is a great song, with this thrashy inspiration, and that sample just before, the second good moment being the very end of the album, with these mighty brass.

Thus, I have heard that Nuit Macabre will release a new album at the beginning of 2019, which will probably be either the kick towards good music, or the last nail in the coffin.

I give this album a solid 33/100, because of that wasted potential, but to also reward the few good stuffs