Mindblowing.

Written by (((O))) on 31.05.2011 at 14:11

Mindblowing.

And almost completely unique. It's a shame there probably won't be any more records from this band.

Written by Guest on 31.05.2011 at 15:24

Written by (((O))) on 31.05.2011 at 14:11

Mindblowing.

And almost completely unique. It's a shame there probably won't be any more records from this band.

Yeah and the album is too short, only 30 minutes.

Written by (((O))) on 31.05.2011 at 15:29


Yeah and this album is too short, only 30 minutes.

Yeah I could have listened to more of the same for 3 times as long and not been bored. Still though, half an hour of concentrated perfection, for me anyway.

The cover art work is great, but there is one thing that I did not understand : what does the "Rubayat of Omar Al Khayam" have to do with this ?

Could've been better.

Written by 3rdWorld on 26.04.2012 at 15:14

Could've been better.

It could have been better: It could have been twice as long

Written by InnerSelf on 07.11.2011 at 12:30

"Rubayat of Omar Al Khayam"

Where did you see that?

Written by Oaken on 24.05.2012 at 18:43

Written by InnerSelf on 07.11.2011 at 12:30

"Rubayat of Omar Al Khayam"

Where did you see that?

On a print of the inside cover
http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQr4TMt3R_n2Oy63DNOihxkkkNxNTgYOvdJ_J_9318FIsf45rg7IPC5aPtz

Written by InnerSelf on 24.05.2012 at 18:47

On a print of the inside cover
http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQr4TMt3R_n2Oy63DNOihxkkkNxNTgYOvdJ_J_9318FIsf45rg7IPC5aPtz

It's quite awesome when bands put mysterious stuff here and there. I'm downloading this now.
And
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubaiyat_of_Omar_Khayyam
I'll try to research the issue when I finish studying.

Written by Oaken on 24.05.2012 at 18:53

It's quite awesome when bands put mysterious stuff here and there. I'm downloading this now.
And
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubaiyat_of_Omar_Khayyam
I'll try to research the issue when I finish studying.

Om Kalthoum sang some of them actually

Written by 3rdWorld on 26.04.2012 at 15:14

Could've been better.

I agree. It is a great original black/ambient record, but it didn't blow me away as I expected. Maybe that's because it's totally unstructured and improvised. However, I can listen to it when I want to relax or study. Some good ambiance in there.
So after 5 listens, I don't think I'll give it more than an 8. The rating is subject to change as always though.

Written by Oaken on 31.05.2012 at 21:15
Maybe that's because it's totally unstructured and improvised.

Hmmmmmmmmmm no, there's definitely structure here. Just not the approachable kind of structure we are used to listen to. This is after all, not a full noise/ambient album. It's grounds are still black metal so the structure remains visible. Not improvastion here either. All feels like it was planned as normal.

Written by X-Ray Rod on 13.06.2012 at 15:46

Written by Oaken on 31.05.2012 at 21:15
Maybe that's because it's totally unstructured and improvised.

Hmmmmmmmmmm no, there's definitely structure here. Just not the approachable kind of structure we are used to listen to. This is after all, not a full noise/ambient album. It's grounds are still black metal so the structure remains visible. Not improvastion here either. All feels like it was planned.

"All the Murmuure material is based on a one hour guitar improvisation from November 2006. The selected parts were then further edited to fit a rhythmic structure, and merged with additional layers of sound. The percussions are a mixture of the original programmed drums, and some (extremely re-edited) additional live drumming. Vocals were recorded during a cathartic trance at a sacred place in the forest, with a mini-disc recorder. Being almost inaudible in the music, they're strictly conceived as a vocal sigil technique, a vehicle for intent."
That's from their bandcamp page. It is improvised, but like you said, it is rhythmically structured, albeit in a strange, unorthodox style. I apparently didn't get into it.

Written by Oaken on 13.06.2012 at 15:52

That's from their bandcamp page. It is improvised, but like you said, it is rhythmically structured, albeit in a strange, unorthodox style. I apparently didn't get into it.

Regardless of what it says, to me it feels quite easy on the ears when it comes to composition and no nearly aimless and casual as the comment might suggest. I guess I'm just used to hear far more structure-challenging projects by now (mostly thanks to Mories).

Written by X-Ray Rod on 13.06.2012 at 15:57

mostly thanks to Mories

The guy from Cloak Of Altering?

It feels loose and sometimes indeed unstructured but at the same time coherent and easy, and this is what makes it so special to me. I fell in love with it from the first listen and it kept growing on me until I decided to ten it.

More.. there has to be more than just this album... goddammit it's beautiful

Awesome interview with Felix from Murmuüre! One of my favorite albums of all time btw.

Anything remotely similar to this?

Written by mz on 18.05.2013 at 20:54

Anything remotely similar to this?

Nope, not really. You could check out the psychedelic black metal tag here on ms and check what you find.

Oranssi pazuzu or however you spell it comes to mind.

Written by Boxcar Willy on 18.05.2013 at 20:58

Written by mz on 18.05.2013 at 20:54

Anything remotely similar to this?

Nope, not really. You could check out the psychedelic black metal tag here on ms and check what you find.

Oranssi pazuzu or however you spell it comes to mind.

I did not like Oranssi pazuzu Also, it was not noisy or ambient oriented as i recal
As everyone else stated, too bad there wont be any other album by this band

Written by mz on 18.05.2013 at 20:54

Anything remotely similar to this?

Totally different in terms of atmosphere but is equally ambitious and explorative.

Written by InnerSelf on 24.05.2012 at 18:47

http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQr4TMt3R_n2Oy63DNOihxkkkNxNTgYOvdJ_J_9318FIsf45rg7IPC5aPtz

The picture is too grainy to actually read anything here. Could you type out the text?

The reason I'm so curious is the books relation to this case.

Written by Saiyanity on 11.08.2013 at 13:12

The picture is too grainy to actually read anything here. Could you type out the text?
The reason I'm so curious is the books relation to this case.

Wasn't aware of the relation at all ! I reuploaded the pic :

Written by InnerSelf on 11.08.2013 at 14:03

Written by Saiyanity on 11.08.2013 at 13:12

The picture is too grainy to actually read anything here. Could you type out the text?
The reason I'm so curious is the books relation to this case.

Wasn't aware of the relation at all ! I reuploaded the pic :

Thanks. Yeah, I just read up on that case a few days ago, so it really caught my attention when I saw that.

Word on the street is there might be a second coming of Murmuüre. The street being their official website/blog.

Written by Demerzel on 20.08.2013 at 01:01

Word on the street is there might be a second coming of Murmuüre. The street being their official website/blog.

Really?

Decent.

Very natural feeling album.

This is absolute gold.