Poema Arcanus - Telluric Manifesto - guest review
Poema Arcanus - Telluric Manifesto - guest review
Band
Poema Arcanus Album
Telluric Manifesto Style
Progressive doom metal Release date
November 17, 2005 Tracklist
01. Dreamsectary02. Circos
03. Nihil
04. sadiM
05. Absinthe
06. 51% Dead
07. Promised Light
08. Stone And Magma
09. US
Guest review by
southern wind January 01, 2006
One of the first things I noticed is that "The Teluric Manifesto" is an incredibly hard to digest and genre-transgressing disc and I needed lots of listens to build a relatively objective impression of the album. If Poema Arcanus labelled themselves in the past as "Dark Progressive Arcane Metal" (which was pretty accurate at that time, especially "Arcane" instead of "Doom"), now that definition is absolutely obsolete, because although the base is still an underdeveloped and drowned Doom Metal, the band flirts with lots of inspirations from Gothic Rock or even Jazz. The song writing is absolutely free-style, we don't see a clear structure and there can be so much difference between the parts of the same song that it's difficult to realize when a track ends to let another one start. Mental work is required of the listener to make a picture of this whole machine and its different gearings. You won't find here anything even remotely similar to a chorus, a main riff or a constant drum line and vocalist Claudio Carrasco takes absolute liberty to change from growling to clean voice and vice versa. Still, what seems to be dreadfully confusing at first, turns rather coherent when you get accustomed to it, and so the disc grows a lot and shows itself with time.
Another thing that surprised me a lot in "The Teluric Manifesto" is the fact that any kind of emotion or dark feeling seems to have been purposefully erased, giving as a result a stone cold album in which sensations just don't exist. This is music and only music. It's well played, touching the edges of cacophony and with an incredibly nihilistic and heavy overall atmosphere, like the soundtrack to a world where emotions are not meant to dwell. This can be kind of shocking, especially from a band that had made thrilling stuff before, but it's paradoxically one of its brightest elements - this album is just like a dead, distant star which embraces you with its light but without ever touching you with its heat.
Even though "The Teluric Manifesto" is the Poema Arcanus album that I would rate with the lowest grade, it was not a disappointment and I see it as a progression. It is a daring, different effort and the result is a highly original album that you can like or not, but marks a standing point over which one of my most respected bands can explore awesome new landscapes. There are things left to improve, especially in terms of song-structure, but Poema Arcanus can come back with big stuff in some years if they keep walking their newfound path.
Written by southern wind | January 01, 2006
Guest review disclaimer:
This is a guest review, which means it does not necessarily represent the point of view of the MS Staff.
This is a guest review, which means it does not necessarily represent the point of view of the MS Staff.
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Good rewiew man and good album  Poema Arcanus Well better I be poisoned whit alcohol how female 
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Very thoughtful review with an interesting point of view for it... nice album, best of Poema imo It took very long before getting the whole picture though and there are still a few pieces left that doesn't make sense for me haha One of the things that impressed me the most were the cueca-like rhythms at the beginning of sadiM or was it just me xD
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