Description

Bagpipes? Yes, bagpipes make up the title track (part one of phase one of the Movements) of black metal merchants Absu's fifth album, Tara, or Exhibit V, as they like to refer to it. And this is only the beginning, as you'd be hard-pressed to find a band in any genre who invests so much storytelling detail into their musical tapestries. Absu excels at it, using their virulent wall of black/death metal as a mere backdrop to their epic legends of Celtic conquest and warfare. Unwavering speed and intensity are the main course, only occasionally interrupted by eerie synth breaks or sound effects, as demanded by the story line. Oh yeah, and they're from Texas. A very interesting release. Track listing: 1. Phase One: Ioldanach's Pedagogy- Tara 2. Phase One: Ioldanach's Pedagogy- Pillars Of Mercy 3. Phase One: Ioldanach's Pedagogy- A Shield With An Iron Face 4. Phase One: Ioldanach's Pedagogy- Manannan 5. Phase One: Ioldanach's Pedagogy- The Cognate House Of Courtly Witches Lies West Of County Meath 6. Phase One: Ioldanach's Pedagogy- She Cries The Quiet Lake 7. Phase One: Ioldanach's Pedagogy- Yrp Lluyddawc 8. Phase Two: The Cythraul Klan's Scrutiny- From Ancient Times (Starless Skies Burn To Ash) 9. Phase Two: The Cythraul Klan's Scrutiny- Four Crossed Wands (Spell 181) 10. Phase Two: The Cythraul Klan's Scrutiny- Vorago (Spell 182) 11. Phase Two: The Cythraul Klan's Scrutiny- Bron (Of The Waves) 12. Phase Two: The Cythraul Klan's Scrutiny- Stone Of Destiny (…For Magh Slecht And Ard Righ) 13. Phase Two: The Cythraul Klan's Scrutiny- Tara (Recapitulation)