Skitliv - Kristiansen And Kvarforth Swim In The Sea Of Equilibrium While Waiting - review
Skitliv - Kristiansen And Kvarforth Swim In The Sea Of Equilibrium While Waiting - review
Band
Skitliv Release date
December 04, 2007 Tracklist
01. Who Will Deliver Us From Gold & Planets02. Slow Pain Coming
03. A Valley Below
A review by
Lucas September 06, 2008
But how do you translate that into art? The line between sick brilliance and pure shit is a thin one, and nobody knows exactly where it is located. Skitliv dwells somewhere in the grey, misty fields of no-mans land that lies on both sides of the border.
In the intro "Who Will Deliver Us From Gold & Planets" they are obviously on the wrong side. Maniac is famous for his strange types of vocals, but in this song he really swings and misses. I can see he's trying to express madness here, by constantly repeating the same line and supposedly going insane, but it just fails to convince. And yes, if you fail to deliver madness it does sound rather pathetic.
This is only the intro though, and fortunately the other songs "Slow Pain Becoming" and "A Valley Below" are much better. Maniac has some weird vocals for us in store once again, like it or not. While they are still far from evoking a "sickening bliss", they are at least dark and, mostly through the guitar work, fuel for hatred. Their music is a reflective mixture of doom, black and feedback and focuses on the Maniacs own thoughts and delusions. It all blends together as a pretty loud sound.
Is that interesting for everyone? No, probably not. But for some it might be. If you can break through the barrier of lame kvlt and grimness that surrounds this demo, I think you'll at least be able to enjoy the last two songs. Keep in mind that this is only a demo, and not an EP or a full-length. That's also the reason why I am giving them the benefit of the doubt right now. Let's give them some time, because they do have the potential to someday come up with something really good, or at least something unique. That is to say, if they don't go down in their own delusions, before that day comes.
Rating breakdown
| Performance: | 6 |
| Songwriting: | 8 |
| Originality: | 7 |
| Production: | 7 |
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Huh, always wondered what happened to Maniac. Sorry to hear it isn't that good...still a bit curious though.
---- "I got a lot of really good ideas, problem is, most of them suck." - George Carlin
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Posts: 9726 Written by PrettyMao on 25.05.2007 at 19:07 Written by [user id=5630] on 07.09.2008 at 03:35 Fantastic.
---- "I got a lot of really good ideas, problem is, most of them suck." - George Carlin
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Posts: 3894 Written by Spyroid on 09.09.2008 at 09:07 Thanks man, but that was already revealed in the review 
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Posts: 13427 Written by Spyroid on 09.09.2008 at 18:29 Shame you're not a girl. Ok. Back to the review. 
---- SLUDGE. DOOM. DEATH. Wait, what?  "The reason I'm running for president is because I can't be Bruce Springsteen." - Barack Obama
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Posts: 1023 Written by Lucas on 09.09.2008 at 18:32 Dude that was a low one...  haha 
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Great review. I probably will never listen to this demo since it's just not gonna be interesting to me, but Lucas, man, I have to express my admiration with this review, to be more precise with how it's written. The first two paragraphs are just a masterpiece. Hail good writing!
---- Savor what you feel and what you see Things that may not seem important now But may be tomorrow R.I.P. Chuck Schuldiner Satan was a Backstreet Boy
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This has got to be one of the most (unintentionally?) hilarious album titles ever. Wow.
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Posts: 2574 Written by jupitreas on 11.09.2008 at 23:03 holy crap. that's right. i was so enchanted by the review itself, that I didn't pay attention to it. I wonder whether it makes any sense as far as the album lyrics...
---- Savor what you feel and what you see Things that may not seem important now But may be tomorrow R.I.P. Chuck Schuldiner Satan was a Backstreet Boy
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