Ordalia (BOL) - II II II - review
Ordalia (BOL) - II II II - review
Tracklist
01. Muirosnes Off02. Creatures In Pain
03. Astral Desire
04. Extreme Madness
05. Isolated
06. Frost
A review by
Jeff October 15, 2005
"II II II" is really original and actually I even don't know if I can put this album in a category. For sure they have a lot of influences from Heavy to Doom and even Folk Metal but Ordalia has if own sound and that's a good thing. Just imagine some percussions with some guitars melodies with vocals spoken or not but also some piano, all that with some different rhythm. It's really progressive and avant-gardist but also and that's one of the problems of the band, a bit messy and not really structured sometime. However the EP is not bad at all and Ordalia plays a really original music.
This time, the recording of "II II II" is better than their 2 others album (it's impossible to listen to their first one "Epitaphios" for example, the production is one of the worst that I ever heard?) but it's not perfect again. Too bad because it's really important, I mean that we, the reviewers, will always find a good thing in an album but the basic listener who have to buy a CD always want the perfection. It's not perfect here but it's coming and it's a good thing.
Ordalia is an original band, really underground and not so easy of access but I think that we have some good stuff in this album. I don't know if it will be easy for them to find a lot of success but if you're looking for something really original you could have a look on this album, though remember that it is really really special for a basic listener.
Written by Jeff | October 15, 2005
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