Description
2007 press in jewelcase
Burning Flesh represents a re-release of earlier Inade material. Mainly the Burning Flesh cassette from 1993, which makes up the first 8 tracks. The remainder is made up by Genius Loci Pt I-IV and the Book Ov Shadowz compilation track Tat Twam Asi. Making 13 tracks, coming to 72 minutes of music. From the first ones we build to the chiming of Overture Bells. Murky dark morning, with windy motions carrying spectral voices and the great ringing bells. Creating a sparse smoothing mood. Warmer tones are emitted by the drones of Shattered Bones. High sighs with pulses flexing in and out. A fluid swirling mixes with a solid motion, combining with the growth of the initial components. The growth of Shattered Bones moves through spaces – at times in flux and others opening chasms. The conclusion of Shattered Bones mellowing in a soothing slide into The Coming Of The Black Legions. Into which an echoing beat is added, followed by many smaller sounds. Like tramping feet of the approaching legions, the thumping keeping their tie and leading their dull roar. Past the arrival of the Black Legions we find the Final Prayer. A droning bass, with a single bell clanging. Deep male voices rise in a contemplative manner. These sounds are magnified, exaggerating the effect of the atmosphere. Outcry opens with a rotating cycle, forming a spiralling bass. A bass which works on a couple of levels to create fluctuation and drone. The result being a textured minimalism, layering into a more sighing ominous mood that is Storm Of Fire. Sweeping bass with twitching cycles. More pronounced than Outctry was, its growth pulling us in with each rise. The twitching becoming rotations, punctuated by single beats, lain over the smoother layers. After the heights of Storm Of Fires we have the stripping echo, then bristling feeling of Burning Flesh. Keening, high sounds audible within the rumbling, emerging from that we can vaguely make out dialogue. Which only leaves us with the journey through The Gates Of Death. Great strokes start small, then shimmer in their expansive growth. Looping against a constant bass backdrop. Encompassing and subtle. Following the conclusion of the Burning Flesh material we have the Genius Loci segment. The first part swelling atmospheres and great bell tones reminding of Overture Bells. With moaning voices and creaking layers. The second part maintains some bell tones, more buried in the mix. Allowing for the growth of more tribal feel – soft wind instrument and flat stroking beats against night’s sigh. Voices and other elements mix in rich textures. The third section starts with what sounds like the son of monks, slowed and deepened for effect. A firm beat comes in through the background – a measured regularity. This creates a similar mood to Genius Loci Pt II in some ways, but is more stripped, more hypnotic in its delivery. The fourth part also starts with a voice – but of a more normal tone, though it is drawn out. Each vocal peak marked with a going, little sound building with each passage. While the previous piece was hypnotic this in becomes a pendulum – the voice a swing one way, the chime the other. Bass swelling around this swinging construct, with bird sounds a frantic chatering. Which leaves Tat Twam Asi as the conclusion of this new edition of Burning Flesh. A track which is the only track by Inade I was familiar with before picking up this release. The track, previously on Spectre’s Book Ov Shadowz , fits well following the Genius Loci material. Though as Genius Loci can be heard to be different from Burning Flesh, so Tat Twam Asi is different from Genius Loci. In some ways ritual in the presence of of percussion, but encompassing with its deep, rounded bass tones. Through the 13 tracks of this release, which covers material from 93 – 98, there are certain tracks that stick out. For me those are shattered Bones, Outcry, Storm Of Flames, Genius Loci Pt II and Tat Twam Asi – each distinctly evocative in their own way. Inade offer a strong mix of dark atmospheres and ritual intonations, contrasting the duo’s harsher Ex.Order project.
Track list:
1. Overture Bells
2. Shattered Bones
3. The Coming Of The Black Legions
4. Final Prayer
5. Outcry
6. Storm Of Fire
7. Burning Flesh
8. Through The Gates Of Death